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.
Underpinning 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.
- ISBN10 1848608985
- ISBN13 9781848608986
- Publish Date 28 July 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English