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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Release: September 03, 1992

ISBN: 0803983468

ISBN 13: 9780803983465

Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Release: September 03, 1992

ISBN: 0803983468

ISBN 13: 9780803983465

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