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risk society: a standalone construct

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Sociology of risk

a stage of modernity in which society is organized around managing risks that industrial and technological development itself produces.

In sociology of risk, risk society refers to a stage of modernity in which society is organized around managing risks that industrial and technological development itself produces. This meaning comes from Beck (1986/1992) in Risk society: Towards a new modernity.[1]

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Beck, U. (1992). Risk society: Towards a new modernity (M. Ritter, Trans.). Sage. (Original work published 1986) ISBN 9780803983458

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