Title: The politics of uncertainty
First published: 1996
Description: 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 of uncertainty on those with the fewest social and economic resources. He argues that these strategies maximize uncertainty for everyone by undermining the reciprocity essential to successful economic and social relationships.

. At a time when global economic reorganization is undermining security of employment, The Politics of Uncertainty makes a convincing case for strategies of co-operation at both personal and political levels to ensure our economic and social survival in the twenty-first century.
Subjects: Attachment behavior, Control (Psychology), Uncertainty, Incertidumbre, Aspectos psicolo gicos, PSYCHOLOGY, Control (Psicologi a), FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, Interpersonal Relations, Onzekerheid, Ungewissheit, Affektive Bindung, Unsicherheit, Gehechtheid, Object Attachment, Psychological Power, Attachement, Incertitude, Contrôle (Psychologie), Social interaktion, Socialpsykologi, Psychological aspects
LC classification: BF575.A86 M37 1996