Risk Society: Towards A New Modernity

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.

• | By (Author): Ulrich Beck
• | Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 30, 1992
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780803983465