Risk society: towards a new modernity
Auteur :
Beck, Ulrich
Éditeur :
SAGE Publications Inc
ISBN :
9780803983465
Date de publication :
30 juil. 1992
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
380 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.