{"product_id":"risk-society-towards-a-new-modernity-9780803983465","title":"Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity","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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderpinning 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulrich Beck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803983465\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeck, Ulrich:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eCounterpoison \u003c\/b\u003e(1991) and \u003cb\u003eEcological Enlightenment \u003c\/b\u003e(1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications UK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40779916902515,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":108.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_198e0e85-587b-45c0-af55-7712c6f7495d.jpg?v=1680618151","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/risk-society-towards-a-new-modernity-9780803983465","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}