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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)

By Ulrich Beck

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
1992
ISBN
0803983468, 9780803983465
LCC
HM201 .B3913 1992
Open Library ID
OL1743149M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14952980 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
272\134
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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