1st Edition

Insecure Times Living with Insecurity in Modern Society

Edited By Michael Hill, John Vail, Jane Wheelock Copyright 1999
248 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

At a time when families break up and employment is often short-term, society is increasingly forced to operate against a background of insecurity. Insecure Times looks at how this sense of risk and instability has affected the major institutions of social life. With examples and research taken from a range of European and North American societies today, this innovative text on contemporary... Read more
Contributors, Preface, 1 Insecure times: conceptualising insecurity and security, PART I Generating insecurity, PART II Institutionalising insecurity, PART III Insecurity as lived experience, Bibliography, Index

Biography

The editors are lecturers at the University of Newcastle.

'Essential reading for students studying contemporary societies. Interesting and accessible for students and incorporates good case study material plus empirical analysis' - Jo Brayford, University of Plymouth