Risk Society

Download or read book Risk Society written by Ulrich Beck and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1992-09-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).