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Rashid Menhas
Objective of Lecture
To offer an critical introduction to the work
of Giddens and Beck
Structure of Lecturer
Section One: What is liberalism?
Section Two: Introduction to Giddens work
Section Three: Introduction to the distinctive
features of Becks work
Section Four: Critique and Conclusion
Section One:
What is Liberalism?
Section Two
Tony Giddens
The argument:
Globalisation is high modernity
Modernity itself is marked by:
(1)Increased Pace of Change
(2) Increased Scope of Change
(3) The Creation of Modern Institutions
Surveillance
Industrialism
Capitalism
Dimensions of Globalisation
(1) Nation-state system
(2) World Capitalism Economy
(3) World Military Order
(4) International Division of Labour
Ulrich Beck
According to
Theorycards.org.uk Beck
is like Giddens but not so
readable.
Second modernity. First
modernity national state
project modernity, the
second is global project/
reality.
Transnational Social
Space. New
transnational
(Imagined)
Communities
(African British,
Mexican Americans).
Conclusion
In certain respects Giddens arguments
are unproblematic
Equally the idea world risk society is fairly
unproblematic and he is correct in
highlighting transnational social spaces
However, it is questionable if his
arguments really contain any great
analytical depth or originality, arguably
they are simply tautological