Risk Society (1992)

Ulrich Beck

Published:	1992, September 3
Authors:	Ulrich Beck
Publishers:	SAGE
Pages:	270
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

Western industrial society is widely seen to be going through a decisive transitional period into a form defined variously as "post-Englightenment", "post-Fordist" or "postmodern". Arguing that we are instead facing a different modernity typified by reflexivity, the author goes beyond these description to provide a coherent picture of the direction of gobal social change. Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the "risk society". The author develops an overview of other key elements of current social development : the centrality of the political economy of knowledge ; the changing roles of class and gender in a new work environment; and the politics of the risk society. (Adapté du résumé de l'éditeur).