World Risk Society
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780745622217
Subjects: Social & political philosophy; Sociology, Social Studies; Technology; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology - Social Theory; Politics/International Relations; Sociology - General; Social aspects; History & Theory - General; INDUSTRY_ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; RISK_SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS; Science / Environmental Science; TECHNOLOGY_SOCIAL ASPECTS; International Relations - General; Environmental degradation; Risk; Sociological aspects
First sentence: All around the world, contemporary society is undergoing radical change that poses a challenge to Enlightenment-based modernity and opens a field where people choose new and unexpected forms of the social and the political.
Description: This text draws together essays which argue that a new frame of reference is needed to understand the world risk society in which we live today. The author focuses on ecological and technological questions of risk.