Risk society
Subtitle: towards a new modernity
By: Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.
Series: Theory, culture & society
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; Newbury Park, Calif
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Risk -- Sociological aspects.; Technology -- Social aspects.; Progress.; Social structure.; Industries -- Environmental aspects.
Description: "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." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.