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Contemporary society
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01 Jan 2010
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TL;DR: The authors argue that the contemporary Western preoccupation with risk assessment is profound, but this does not mean that the concept of risk is a useful theoretical tool for understanding contemporary society in general.
Abstract: The contemporary Western preoccupation with risk assessment is profound. However, this does not mean that the concept of risk is a useful theoretical tool for understanding contemporary society in general. The talk of a risk society is part of a tendency to take risk as an all-embracing category with little attention paid either to the distinction between abstract risk and risk assessment, or to different formations of risk in time and place. We argue that a fundamental shift in the communication of risk has also emerged, particularly in the context of the war on terror. Most of the classical risk communication literature is concerned with persuading people that the authorities or companies have the expertise to take care of some problem: “there is a risk”, it says, “we can never manage it completely, but be reassured that we are taking care of it on your behalf”. With the emergence of the war on terror, a number of changes have occurred. Governments in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and...
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TL;DR: In this article, a number of researchers and scholars have been associated with important questions in this area to describe what information is available and to critically analyze its implications for policy and practice.
Abstract: Youth offending and other antisocial behaviors are a great concern in contemporary society. How such concern is manifested, whether through law, policy, legal decisions about individuals, or the decisions of schools or families about adolescents, has significant implications for liberty, public safety, and accountability -- important cornerstones of the kind of society in which we would like to raise our children. Too often, however, decisions about youthful offending and other antisocial behavior are made in the absence of good information, when such information is not sought or not readily available or is outweighed by competing political considerations. It is our belief that good decision making requires good information. We have asked a number of researchers and scholars prominently associated with important questions in this area to describe what information is available and to critically analyze its implications for policy and practice. In the process, we offer our own description of the important aspects of these questions (in the present chapter) and, in the final chapter, our conclusions about the broader implications of the discussion and analyses in each of the earlier chapters.
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TL;DR: Castells as discussed by the authors analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics.
Abstract: Manuel Castells – one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists – has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the Industrial society.
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TL;DR: In this article, the need to identify appropriate explanations for various acts of deviant behaviour, mental illness and violent reactions in Romanian contemporary society which is facing a crisis is identified, and appropriate explanations are identified.
Abstract: The article outlines the need to identify appropriate explanations for various acts of deviant behaviour, mental illness and violent reactions in Romanian contemporary society which is facing a cri...
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