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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785976003321

Autore

Hudson Barbara <1945->

Titolo

Justice in the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : challenging and re-affirming justice in late modernity / / Barbara Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

9786610369751

1-280-36975-2

0-7619-6159-3

1-4462-2987-4

1-4129-3246-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 258 p.)

Disciplina

364.601

Soggetti

Justice - Philosophy

Justice, Administration of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Challenging Liberal Justice; Chapter 1 - Justice in the Liberal Tradition; Chapter 2 - Risk and the Politics of Asfety: Justice Endangered; Chapter 3 - The Communication Challenge; Chapter 4 - Identity and Difference: Feminist and Postmodernist Critiques of Liberalism; Part II: Reaffirming Justice; Chapter 5 - Reaffirming Modernity: Habermas and Discourse Ethics; Chapter 6 - Giving Difference its Due: Discourse and Alterity; Chapter 7 - Doing Justice in the Risk Society; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 'Justice in the Risk Society', Barbara Hudson outlines traditional liberal perspectives on justice, risk and security as well as addressing some key concerns.