Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
Ulrich Beck
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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Année:
1992
Edition:
1
Editeur::
Sage Publications Ltd
Langue:
english
Pages:
272
ISBN 10:
0803983468
ISBN 13:
9780803983465
Fichier:
PDF, 14.26 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992