...compared with the advantaged: 'Poverty attracts an unfortunate abundance of risks. By contrast, the wealth (in income, power or education), can purchase safety and freedom from risk' (Beck 1992b: 35). Beck also points to growing inequalities in risk distribution, where class positions...

...BURGLARS! Private Security, Neighbourhood Watch and the Social Reaction to Crime Tim Hope and Alan Trickett "The history of risk distribution shows that, like...risks. By contrast, the wealthy (in income, power ot education) can purchase safety and freedom from risk" (Beck 1992: 35). Abstract: This paper explores...

...not safe from them" (Beck 1992: 37). However, this does not imply that risk undermines class society. like wealth, risks adhere to the class pattern, only...risks. By contrast, the wealthy (in income, power and education) can purchase safety and freedom from risk (Beck 1992: 35). Everybody is susceptible...

...politics of the distribution of environmental degradation favor more powerful communities over others: The history of risk distribution shows that, like...wealth accumulates at the top, risks at the bottom. ... It is especially the cheaper residential areas for low-income groups near centers of industrial...