Ecological Enlightenment: Essays on the Politics of the Risk Society

By Ulrich Beck

Book Overview

This sequel to Risk Society, which redefined social statification, now examines the politics of the risk society. It is based on the assumption that the ecological issue is a systematized, legalized violation of civil rights and that, therefore, it is the successor to industrial conflict.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039103832X
• ISBN13: 9780391038325
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Humanities Pr
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.4"