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La société de flux : Formes du sens et identité dans les sociétés contemporaines
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ISBN: 2747548880 9782747548885 Year: 2003 Publisher: Paris : Harmattan,

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Human institutions
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ISBN: 0585463840 9780585463841 1299784968 9781299784963 0742525589 9780742525580 0742525597 9780742525597 Year: 2003 Publisher: Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield

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In his newest book, leading social theorist Jonathan H. Turner offers a creative, richly grounded reinterpretation of social evolution.

The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society.
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ISBN: 0878409068 Year: 2003 Publisher: Washington Georgetown University Press

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Modern psychological and political theory meet head-on in this powerful re-evaluation of America's contradictory and sometimes dangerous addiction to individualism. Best-selling author Gaylin and co-author Jennings investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. They examine the painful abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order. Our current culture of autonomy - championed by both liberals on the left and libertarians on the right - is based on the idea of rationality as the motivation for human conduct. But, as the authors remind us, people are not simply rational creatures - appeals to emotions are always far more effective than logical argument in changing our behavior. This timely edition includes a new preface; updated examples and illustrations throughout; and, new coverage of contemporary social critics and their work since the publication of the first edition. Two essential new chapters, one on the movement to forgo life-sustaining treatment and the other on physician-assisted suicide, particularly clarify the authors' arguments. Drawing on these and numerous other illustrations - with significant emphasis on the state of American health care - Gaylin and Jennings demonstrate that society has not just the right but the duty to occasionally invoke fear, shame, and guilt in order to motivate humane behavior. As cases of AIDS are once again on the upswing, as the dangerously mentally ill are allowed to wander free and untreated, as starvation and poverty still hold too many in its grip in the richest nation on the planet, this controversial book, considerably revised and expanded, is needed more than ever. If we are to indeed preserve and nurture a genuinely free - and liberal - society, the authors suggest that these "coercions" may be essential for the health and the maturity of a nation where we all too often avert our eyes, not seeing that our neighbor is in pain or trouble and needs our help.

Du bon gouvernement des risques : le droit et la question du "risque acceptable"
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ISBN: 213052995X 9782130529958 Year: 2003 Publisher: Paris : Presses Universitaires de France,

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La cause est entendue. Nos sociétés modernes créent des risques nouveaux : amiante, sang contaminé, vache folle… Dans ce livre d'une remarquable clarté, la juriste Christine Noiville nous rappelle que ces risques " manufacturés " sont le plus souvent " soustraits au champ de la décision individuelle ". Se pose alors à notre démocratie et à l'action publique la question de leur acceptabilité. Jusqu'à une période récente, on considérait qu'un risque était acceptable dès lors qu'il était indemnisable. Cette conception est dépassée. L'auteure s'emploie à identifier ce que pourrait être un mode de " gouvernement des risques " dont le désormais fameux principe de précaution ne préfigure que l'ébauche. Dans ce domaine, la science ne peut pas occuper une situation de monopole. Le premier enjeu consiste donc à faire entrer le citoyen dans le jeu. " Un risque n'est pas en soi acceptable, il le devient par le prisme du débat, qui lui donne sa légitimité. " Mais on ne peut en rester là. " On sait bien quelles sont les vertus du débat en tant que procédure, avec sa garantie de transparence de points de vue, d'expression des conflits. Mais on sait aussi que pour qu'il soit de qualité, il faut en structurer le contenu. " D'où la nécessité, et c'est le deuxième enjeu, de fixer des critères de procédure (évaluation, information, contrôle juridictionnel des décisions…) et de fond (nature du risque, répartition de la charge du risque…). Bref, comme le dit l'auteure elle-même, une question politique.

Environmental change and human development : controlling nature?
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ISBN: 0340764031 034076404X Year: 2003 Publisher: London Arnold

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Environmental impact analysis --- Human beings --- Human ecology --- Social evolution --- Environnement --- Homme --- Ecologie humaine --- Evolution sociale --- Effect of environment on --- History --- Etudes d'impact --- Influence de l'environnement --- Histoire --- 502.36 --- 504.064 --- 504.75 --- 911.52 --- 911.53 --- Scientific and technical conservation measures. Environmental engineering --- Surveillance and management of environmental quality. Pollution control. Life cycle analysis (LCA) --- Human ecology and human environment --- Natuurlandschap --- Kultuurlandschap --- 504.75 Human ecology and human environment --- 504.064 Surveillance and management of environmental quality. Pollution control. Life cycle analysis (LCA) --- 502.36 Scientific and technical conservation measures. Environmental engineering --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Analysis of environmental impact --- Environmental assessment --- Environmental impact assessment --- Environmental impact evaluation --- Impact analysis, Environmental --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental monitoring --- Environmental protection --- Effect of environment on&delete& --- Social aspects --- Effect of human beings on

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