Social Vulnerability in Europe: The New Configuration of Social Risks

by Costanzo Ranci (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $125.67

  This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population.