{"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\u003cbr\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","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413093749010,"sku":"9780803983465","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ca711be-b57f-4fff-96b5-4be2580889a2.jpg?v=1729346172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/risk-society-towards-a-new-modernity-9780803983465","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}