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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960025103321

Autore

Hudson Barbara <1945->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2003

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2003

ISBN

9786610369751

9781280369759

1280369752

9780761961598

0761961593

9781446229873

1446229874

9781412932462

1412932467

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 258 p.)

Disciplina

364.6

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of

Justice

Risk perception

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.