Preface.
Introduction.
1. Conservatism: Radicalism Embraced.
2. Socialism: The Retreat from Radicalism.
3. The Social Revolutions of Our Time.
4. Two Theories of Democratization.
5. Contradictions of the Welfare State.
6. Generative Politics and Positive Welfare.
7. Positive Welfare, Poverty and Life Values.
8. Modernity under a Negative Sign: Ecological Issues and Life Politics.
9. Political Theory and the Problem of Violence.
10. Questions of Agency and Values.
Notes.
Index.
Anthony Giddens is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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