From ‘the Bads of Goods’ to ‘the Goods of Bads’: The Most Recent Developments in Ulrich Beck’s Cosmopolitan Sociology

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 157-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Rasborg
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Positive Side Effects ◽  
Important Shift

The article critically assesses Ulrich Beck’s body of work and its importance for contemporary sociology. It demonstrates that Beck’s elaboration of his original theory of the ‘risk society’ into a theory of the ‘world risk society’, ‘cosmopolitanism’ and ‘metamorphosis’ involved several key theoretical innovations. Firstly, Beck adjusted his notion of risk to include the threat of international terrorism in his diagnosis of the (world) risk society. Secondly, he introduced a distinction between (normative) ‘cosmopolitanism’ and (real existing) ‘cosmopolitization’ in order to capture the specificity of contemporary social change. Thirdly and most recently, Beck outlined a theory of ‘the metamorphosis of the world’ which marks an important shift of emphasis from ‘the negative side effects of goods’ to ‘the positive side effects of bads’. In conclusion, the article identifies a number of theoretical ambiguities and unresolved questions in Beck’s theory.

scholarly journals A Silver Hope in the Dreadful Pandemic: Shift towards a Healthier Lifestyle, Hygiene and Cleanliness

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
Rishabh Dhabalia
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Small Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Reign Of Terror ◽  
Positive Side Effects

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread its terror globally for over a year now. There is no continent that has been spared by this scourge. And perhaps a few small countries with no reported cases. Regardless, it is an irrefutable fact that this novel coronavirus pandemic has shaken the pillars of human civilization. For those unaware or living under a rock since the past year or so, the disease is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. The first cases were reported to the World Health Organisation as a cluster of pneumonia from unknown causes from Wuhan, China on the 31st December, 2019. And, thus began its reign of terror, spreading across the world, like hot cakes sold out in a carnival. That being said, humanity has suffered a lot at the hands of the pandemic. Innumerous deaths, sufferings, unending lockdowns and curfews, social problems, people losing their livelihoods and the list goes on. It is, thus, easy to give in to the mood of gloom and doom with all that is going on around us. However, just as with anything, there is a side too, that is scarcely talked about. There have also been some positive impacts of this pandemic that one couldn’t have foreseen beforehand. So, without further ado, below we have covered a few positive side effects of this curse of a pandemic!

scholarly journals Contesting and Differentially Constructing Uncertainty: Negotiations of Contraceptive Use in the Clinical Encounter

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystale E. Littlejohn ◽  
Katrina Kimport
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Clinical Encounter ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Effective Contraception ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Positive Side Effects

Most women of reproductive age have access to highly effective contraception, and all available methods are associated with side effects. Whether a woman will experience side effects is uncertain, however, which can pose challenges for clinicians who discuss the methods with patients. In this study, we analyze 102 contraceptive counseling visits to understand how clinicians discursively construct knowledge in the context of uncertainty. We find that while some present the uncertainty of side effects in a straightforward, patient-accessible way, others negotiate their predictions by (1) differentially constructing uncertainty, suggesting that positive side effects are likely and negative side effects are unlikely, and (2) contesting uncertainty, presenting the risk of serious side effects as controllable. In the end, these strategies deemphasize consideration of negative side effects in women’s contraceptive decision making. Our results demonstrate the importance of elucidating the translation, instantiation, and construction of medical uncertainty both in theory and in practice.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penggunaan Smartphone terhadap Nilai Akademik Mahasiswa

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 652
Author(s):  
Naova Maria
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Positive Side Effects

Advances in technology are now starting to lead to mobile-based technologies. Thus, the use of smartphones is increasingly favored by public, especially college students that are discussed in this study. Effects of smartphones use is discussed emergingly in which many studies state that smartphone brings negative side effects as well as positive side effects. Therefore, this study will discuss the side effects of smartphone use among college students towards academic values obtained in the course (GPA) in order to determine whether smartphone use brings influence on students' academic value or not.

Observational Study of Perspectives of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Concerning the Use of Corticosteroids

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Asl Baakhtari ◽  
Andrew McCombie ◽  
Sebastiaan ten Bokkel Huinink ◽  
Peter Irving ◽  
Corey A. Siegel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Willingness To Use ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Positive Side Effects

Aim: We aimed to investigate the factors that make inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients more or less likely to be willing to take corticosteroids. Methods: Respondents completed a questionnaire. The primary outcome was whether the respondents would or would not use corticosteroids again to treat their IBD. Three separate univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine which variables predicted willingness to take steroids, including specific side effects. Results: Four hundred fifty three respondents (321 with Crohn's disease, 115 with ulcerative colitis; mean age 40 years, 297 [66%] female) completed the questionnaire. Corticosteroid efficacy (OR 6.83, 95% CI 3.67-12.7), lack of previous negative side effects (OR 0.11, 95% CI 0.04-0.32), and positive side effects (OR 2.96, 95% CI 1.63-5.40) were associated with a willingness to use corticosteroids in the future. In multivariate analysis, weight gain (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.29-0.98) and hallucinations (OR 0.28, CI 0.09-0.89) were associated with an unwillingness to use corticosteroids again, whereas increased energy (OR 2.30, 95% CI 1.20-4.42) was the only significant positive side effect in a multivariate model. Conclusions: Past experiences with corticosteroids influence whether patients will take corticosteroids again. Clinicians should enquire about side effects and positive psychological symptoms associated with corticosteroid use.

scholarly journals Protecting Our Future: What Contribution Can I Make?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernward Gesang
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Third World ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Emissions Reductions ◽  
The Third ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
The World ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Positive Side Effects

A)The crises related to climate and the economy endanger future and current generations, but altering the small impact or minimal emissions of an individual person is-because of the failure of political coordination-not the best way to overcome these crises. B) When we act as individuals to act as stopgaps for policy to minimise the mountain of problems, the following applies: We should not waste our energies on limited involvements in small, primarily symbolic collaborations but should instead endeavour to make the biggest difference of which we are capable with regard to improving the world. C) We make the biggest difference when our limited budget for improving the world is used against poverty, for example, and combatting poverty is precisely what brings positive side effects with regard to human rights and the protection of the climate, animals and species. For example, support for poor farmers in rain forests can save those rain forests. Every CO2 calculator demonstrates that commitment to the Third World is up to 50 times more efficient than personal emissions reductions.

scholarly journals The Demonstration of The Saudi Arabian Women

1970 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Gulf Crisis ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
The Right ◽  
Positive Side Effects

History teaches us that every crisis produces positive and negative side-effects. Maybe one of the positive side-effects of the Gulf Crisis is the unexpected outburst of seventy Saudi Arabian women demanding a simple and basic right: the right to drive in public.

Why so different? A case study about Floras from a Mediterranean island

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 440 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMONETTA BAGELLA ◽  
GIOVANNA BECCA ◽  
GIANNI BEDINI ◽  
MARIA CARMELA CARIA ◽  
STEFANIA PISANU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Floristic Richness ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Mediterranean Island ◽  
Positive Side Effects

In light of the hypothesis that different authors, who have access to the same information and tools, can give different interpretations of the same reality, namely the vascular plants, existing within a determinate geographic boundary, this research aims to verify how and to what extent these differences can affect a checklist, and what critical issues and positive effects may arise in them.         To this purpose, we compared two different checklists which were developed approximately in the same period for the same geographic area, the island of Sardinia (Italy).        The results show that checklists of the same area can differ in quantitative terms, establishing a different value of floristic richness. Moreover, they can differ in qualitative terms due to the different approach adopted by the authors concerning nomenclature, taxonomy, and interpretation, delimitation, and circumscription of taxa.                These discrepancies may have positive side effects as they offer insights for critical reviews and further investigation.

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