{"product_id":"risk-society-towards-a-new-modernity-paperback-1","title":"Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlrich Beck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Ritter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eScott Lash\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583075107037,"sku":"9780803983465","price":199.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/UjRzdGhUUTJiWXFFZUxXVnAyR0tkZz09_ebaa48e7-1744-4639-b98c-aa5a4fa806b3.webp?v=1773590548","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/risk-society-towards-a-new-modernity-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}