Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity
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Type
Book
Author
Ulrich Beck
Publisher
SAGE
ISBN
978-1-4462-2342-0
Date
1992-07-01
Extra
Google-Books-ID: W2sDTHaSiiYC
Library Catalog
Google Books
Language
en
Abstract
This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern. Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict.
Short Title
Risk Society
# of Pages
272