Iain Wilkinson

Anxiety in a 'Risk' Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a sociological conception of the problem of anxiety, and dwells upon its significance for the ways we make sense of our current age of risk and uncertaintly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415226806
• ISBN-10: 0415226805
• Artikelnr.: 22120225

Autorenporträt

Iain Wilkinson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. Part One: The Problem of Anxiety 1. Toward a
Sociological Conception of the Problem of Anxiety 2. Social Indicators of
Anxiety 3. Coping: From Personnal Style to Cultural Critique Part Two:
Anxiety and Risk 4. Anxiety in Relation to Risk 5. A Speculative Age
Conclusion