Insecure Times: Living with Insecurity in Modern Society

by Michael Hill (Author), Michael Hill (Author), John Vail (Author), Jane Wheelock (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1999

  $3.25

  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 society discusses such major issues as:
  * the causes of social and economic insecurity
  * insecurity and modern capitalism
  * the role of the state
  * insecurity and housing
  * contemporary family life.

• New

  Illustrated
  1999

  $60.94

  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 society discusses such major issues as:
  * the causes of social and economic insecurity
  * insecurity and modern capitalism
  * the role of the state
  * insecurity and housing
  * contemporary family life.