Sites of modernity – places of risk : risk and security in Germany since the 1970s / edited by Martin H. Geyer
“Places of risk” and “sites of modernity” refer not merely to physical locations, but also objects and institutions that stand at the center of contemporary debates on security and risk. These are social and political domains where energy and infrastructure are produced, where domestic security is p...
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| Otros Autores: | Geyer, Martin H. (Editor ) |
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
| Publicado: | New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2023 |
| Colección: | New German historical perspectives
volume 12 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Cover Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| Introduction Martin H. Geyer |
| Exploring the invention of risk debates : natural disasters, insurance and risk management in the late twentieth century Nicolai Hannig |
| Insuring catastrophes : capital market-based forms of insurance since the 1980s Martin Lengwiler |
| Places of risk on the site of socialist modernity : fighting industrial accidents until the GDR was no more Thomas Lindenberger |
| From "Black Sheriffs" to "security partners" : the emergence of private policing in public spaces in Germany since the 1970s Marcus Böick |
| Risky housing : squatting in London and Hamburg in the 1970s and early 1980s Christine G. Krüger |
| Imprisoned protest : the body at risk and hunger strikes in the United States in transnational perspective, 1968-1985 Maximilian Buschmann |
| "An inseparable pair" : freedom and security in the Schengen space Isaac Stanley-Becker |
| It's the brain, stupid : neuroscience, risk, and crime Peter Becker |
| Conclusion : from risks to emergencies? Martin H. Geyer. |
