num_pages: 272
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.
language: English
title: Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity
titlecomplete: Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
genres: Cultural, Philosophy, Sociology, Society, Science, Academic, Nonfiction, Theory, Social Science, Politics
ratings_count: 682
publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd