Insecure Times: Living with Insecurity in Moder, Wheelock, Hill, V PB..

Taylor & Francis

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.\n With examples and research taken from a range of European and North American societies today, this innovative text on contemporary society discusses such major issues as:\n * the causes of social and economic insecurity\n * insecurity and modern capitalism\n * the role of the state\n * insecurity and housing\n * contemporary family life.\n > 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 > \n'Essential reading for students studying contemporary societies. Interesting and accessible for students and incorporates good case study material plus empirical analys.