Globalization and the political economy of risk

Dannreuther, Charlie; Lekhi, Rohit

doi:10.1080/096922900750034554

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“…If techniques are thought of as being exercised within certain controllable parameters, the possible outcomes of action can be defined as a homogenous set of events that are related to past events ( [18]: 578) by system variables that allow them to be defined as more or less desirable. From the knowledge of how less and more desirable outcomes vary in frequency over time, it is possible to estimate the probability of positive and negative outcomes in the future.…”

Section: Techniques Technologies and Being Uncertainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nanotechnology, Contingency and Finitude

Groves

2009

Nanoethics

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It is argued that the social significance of nanotechnologies should be understood in terms of the politics and ethics of uncertainty. This means that the uncertainties surrounding the present and future development of nanotechnologies should not be interpreted, first and foremost, in terms of concepts of risk. It is argued that risk, as a way of managing uncertain futures, has a particular historical genealogy, and as such implies a specific politics and ethics. It is proposed, instead, that the concepts of contingency and of finitude must be central to any understanding of the ethical significance of nanotechnologies, as these concepts can be used to understand the basis of recent work in science and technology studies, and the sociology of knowledge more widely, which details the multi-dimensional social nature of technological uncertainty.

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Section: Techniques Technologies and Being Uncertainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nanotechnology, Contingency and Finitude

Groves

2009

Nanoethics

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“…Rather than repeat these endeavors we want to trace changes of territorial borders by looking at the concept of “risk.” The notion of risk is of particular interest as changes of the “systemic” level of risk irremediably break through to the self‐description and changing identities of actors in their everyday life (cf. Dannreuther and Lekhi 2000). Risk designates the boundary of the known and the unknown, how actors know and anticipate their future, and how this anticipation influences present decisions.…”

Section: Global Governance Risk and The Changing Boundaries Of The mentioning

confidence: 99%

Space, Boundaries, and the Problem of Order: A View from Systems Theory

Helmig

Kessler

2007

Int Political Sociology

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The idea our global polity is chiefly divided by territorially organized nation‐states captures contemporary constellations of power and authority only insufficiently. Through a decoupling of power and the state, political spaces no longer match geographical spaces. Instead of simply acknowledging a challenge to the state, there is the need to rethink the changing meaning of space for political processes. The paper identifies three aspects, a reconceptualization of the spatial assumptions that IR needs to address: the production of space, the constitutive role of boundaries, and the problem of order. With this contribution, we argue that one avenue in understanding the production of space and the following questions of order is by converging systems theory and critical geopolitics. While the latter has already developed a conceptual apparatus to analyze the production of space, the former comes with an encompassing theoretical background, which takes “world society” as the starting point of analysis. In this respect, nation states are understood as a form of internal differentiation of a wider system, namely world society.

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“…Globalization is 'deeply contested along a number of dimensions' (Clark, 1998, p. 498), and reflexive modernization is seen by some as being theoretically flawed (Alexander, 1996). Many agree that both reflexive modernization and globalization are surrounded by imprecision and conceptual confusion (Beck, 1998;Dannreuther & Lekhi, 2000). They are, however, key ideas that may help generate greater understanding of the multi-dimensional social, economic, political and cultural transformations currently taking place (Clark, 1998).…”

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“…They are, however, key ideas that may help generate greater understanding of the multi-dimensional social, economic, political and cultural transformations currently taking place (Clark, 1998). Moreover, both have become major ideas informing policy development around the world (Dannreuther & Lekhi, 2000).…”

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The reflexive modernization of Australian universities

Pick

2004

Globalisation, Societies and Education

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The profound changes occurring in Australian higher education are viewed here in the context of the social, cultural, political and economic effects of globalization. Particular attention is paid to providing a theoretical foundation for understanding these effects using the reflexive modernization perspective. Highlighted are some of the challenges facing universities in Australia brought about by the corrosive influences of individualization and risk. This paper includes a call for a more critical and intentional approach to higher education policy and management.

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Globalization and the political economy of risk

Cited by 27 publications

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Nanotechnology, Contingency and Finitude

Nanotechnology, Contingency and Finitude

Space, Boundaries, and the Problem of Order: A View from Systems Theory

The reflexive modernization of Australian universities

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