Risk Society

Towards a New Modernity

Beck, Ulrich

SAGE Publications Inc, 1992

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Underpinning this examination of Western societies 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.

ISBN-13
9780803983465
ISBN-10
0803983468
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Year
1992
Publication date
1992-07-30
Pages
272
Dimensions
155 x 234 x 15
Weight
416