Giddens (1999) Risk society

Question 1

What does risk society mean?

Answer 1

Societies that are overly preoccupied with managing risks and safety

Question 2

What is meant by end of nature and end of tradition?

Answer 2

End of nature= limited things in the world untouched by humans, scred of nature to scared of what we have done to nature
End of tradition= Tradition is no longer the focus of peoples lives, modern society= after tradition age

Question 3

Giddens attempts to show that risk and responsibility are closely linked. HOW?

Answer 3

There is a societal shift where people have become more alert and aware of the risks of everyday choices. So more ware of risks= more resoponsible

Question 4

So is the focus on science and technology positive or negative

Answer 4

Seems positive at first but negetive; science and technology actually creates more uncertainty as it is a newish pheneomena.

Question 5

Manufactured risks?

Answer 5

New risk enviornemnt created because of human activity and intervention that we have no experience of/ evidence through out history (E.g AI issues )

Question 6

External risks?

Answer 6

External risks= risks as aresult of natural occurances e.g floods etc

Question 7

Weak causality?

Answer 7

Difficulty to point out / prove the cause of certain risks/problems

Question 8

Oragnised irresponsibility?

Answer 8

Means that everyone(governemnt, institutions, individuals) are all deying responsibiliy and blame each other

Question 9

What does Organised irresponsibity + Weakened causality =

Answer 9

It results in a society that is overly concerned with preventing and managing risks, and even risks that are highly unlikely