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∗ An important new book arguing for a new model of politics for our times. ∗ Beck′s previous books, including The Risk Society, have been highly influential. ∗ Also offers practical suggestions and well-chosen empirical material.

This new book by one of the world's leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere.

Before his sudden death in January 2015, Ulrich Beck was one of the world s foremost sociologists. This new book is the last book he wrote before his death, it was completed in December 2014 In this book Beck introduces a new concept ′metamorphosis′ to describe what is happening in our world today.

In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Beck draws extensively on empirical and theoretical analyses of such phenomena as migration, war and terror, as well as a range of literary and historical works, to weave a rich discursive web in which analytical, critical, and m...