The Politics of Uncertainty: Attachment in Private and Public Life

by Peter Marris

Book Overview

In The Politics of Uncertainty Peter Marris examines one of the most crucial and least studied aspects of social relationships: how we manage uncertainty, from the child's struggle for secure attachment to the competitive strategies of multinational corporations. Using a powerful synthesis of social and psychological theory, he shows how strategies of competition interact with the individual's sense of personal agency to place the heaviest burden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415131723
• ISBN13: 9780415131728
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"