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Ulrich Beck


 

Dr. Ulrich Beck (b. May 15, 1944) is a German sociologist who holds a professorship at Munich University and at the London School of Economics. He studies modernization, ecological problems, individualization and globalization. Recently he has also embarked on exploring the changing conditions of work in a world of increasing global capitalism, declining influence of unions and flexibilisation of the labor process. He is married to the German social scientist Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.

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