The Risk Society: Towards a new modernity

By Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje. 2009

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The present review discusses one of the pioneer projects authored by Ulrich Beck, regarding risk perception issues, which was originally titled Risikogesellshaft, Auf dem weg in eine andere Moderne or in English The society of risk, towards a new modernity. This review is part of a broader project related to a Social Psychology doctoral thesis on fears of travelling in urban circumstances.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Wrestling with uncertain risks: EU regulation of GMOs and the uncertainty paradox (2008, background): “Prominent risk scholars have made very clear that dealing with uncertain risks(1) is a key challenge in current societies (e.g., Ravetz 2001; Wynne 1995; Beck 1986; Jasanoff 1990; Renn 2006; Löfstedt 2005; Nowotny, Scott, and Gibbons 2001; Harremoës et al. 2002; Wynne 1982).”
Voluntary simplicity: an exploration of market interactions (2009, background): “According to Beck (1992), due to the globalisation of technological advances and, hence, modes of production, society has moved on from a phase of localised hazards to one in which risks have also become globalised and systemic.”
The Politics of Sustainability and Development (2016, background): “Perspectives on risk and society (195), knowledge and uncertainty (196), technology and politics (197), and historically informed political cultures (198), all inspire any regime of truth.”
Constraints on Sustainable Energy Consumption: Market System and Public Policy Challenges and Opportunities (2009, background): “Indeed, there are now daily reminders (even from the Weather Channel) that we live in a " risk society " (Beck 1992).”
Connected and concerned: Variation in parents' online safety concerns (2013, background): “Given the pervasiveness of contemporary parental fears, scholars have begun arguing that the “risk society” (Beck, 1992) has brought about “anxious parenting” and “paranoid parenting” (Furedi, 2002; Nelson, 2010; Stearns, 2003).”
Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R (2007, background): “In part this reflects wider changes in society, and in the nature of perceived social threats, which lie beyond the scope of this paper (see, for example, Beck, 1992; Hudson, 2003; Kemshall, 2003).”
Consumer Social Responsibility (CnSR): Toward a Multi-Level, Multi-Agent Conceptualization of the “Other CSR” (2013, neutral): “…CnSR is fueled not only by opportunities for innovation, brand augmentation, and competitive advantages (‘‘CSR-pull’’) but by (‘‘CSRpush’’) threats in the form of heightened levels of risk in the external global environment (see Beck 1992; e.g., NGOs, Media and shareholder and consumer activism).”
Concepts of bounded agency in education, work, and the personal lives of young adults (2007, methodology): “…scheme was developed for further investigation of the individualisation „thesis‟ in the context of theories which explain structure and agency in different ways, In this the work of Beck (1992, 1998) and Baethge (1989) have been taken as theoretical sketches to be explored, contested and developed.”
Social stratification and cultural consumption: The visual arts in England (2007, background): “…and that individuals are in this way given a much greater range of choice as regards the collectivities, real or imagined, with which they will subjectively align themselves and, in turn, greater possibilities for forming—or recreating—their own identities (e.g. Giddens, 1991; Beck, 1992).”
The neglected heart of science policy: reconciling supply of and demand for science (2007, background): “At the same time we observe that there is little if any evidence that this growth of understanding can be connected to meaningful progress toward slowing the negative impacts of climate on society and the environment.1 On the other hand, appreciation of the variety of decision makers and complexity…”
The green economy agenda: business as usual or transformational discourse? (2015, background): “Beck (1992) asserts that this allows reflexively modern societies to renegotiate their relationship with nature radically, as the social practices that have traditionally shaped industrialisation have become much more fluid and amenable to change.”
Making sense of the "clean label" trends: A review of consumer food choice behavior and discussion of industry implications. (2017, background): “Industrialization and globalisation go hand in hand with a higher and more man-made risk, which increases citizens’ perception of risks of modernity (Beck, 1992).”
Systems thinking and practice for action research (2008, neutral): “These include the rise of discourses and understandings about the ‘risk’ and ‘networked’ society (Beck, 1992; Castells, 2004), and associated globalization which has raised awareness of situations characterized by connectedness, complexity, uncertainty, conflict, multiple perspectives and multiple s”
Reflexivity: The Role of Embedded Social Position and Entrepreneurial Social Skill in Processes of Field Level Change (2016, background): “Reflexivity is a critical subject in the social sciences with unique definitions of the construct offered by such diverse writers as Bourdieu (1990), Giddens (1991), Beck (1992), and Archer (2007).”
Is youth spiritual development a universal developmental process? An international exploration (2012, background): “According to Roehlkepartain, Benson, et al. (2006), there are five key issues in the emerging debate about the idea of spiritual development.”