Insecure Times: Living with Insecurity in Modern Society

by John Vail, Jane Wheelock, Michael Hill

Book Overview

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:
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041517094X
• ISBN13: 9780415170949
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"