The Reflection And Prospect Of Risk Society Theory From The Perspective Of China

Since the 20 th century,profound changes have taken place in human society.The development of industrial society in the west has not only achieved rich results,but also produced social risks that are beyond the regulation and control of the previous system.An increasing number of social risks emerged with the development of globalization and arose wide concern.What's more,the threat to the survival and development of human society has become more and more serious.The western social theorists,represented by the German sociologist Ulrich Beck,have proposed the Risk Society Theory.From the perspective of risk,he examines the existential dilemmas mankind facing at the present stage,and it opens the social research perspective of "risk" as the main body,which help us to have a unique understanding of the contemporary social form.On the one hand,the Risk Society Theory is linked to contemporary global social risk issues and has an important impact on global risk response.Moreover,it plays an extremely important role in China's risk management.Therefore,it is very important for China's current social development to thoroughly adopt the Beck's the Risk Society Theory and tap its internal theoretical value and practical significance.The essay gives a systematic research toward Beck's Risk Society theory,examines and criticizes it from the perspective of social development.Based on an overall understanding of the Risk Society Theory,it analysis theapplicability and finds the enlightenment of the Risk Society Theory of in China.In addition,Chinese approach for global risk governance and contribution of the Chinese program to risk governance will be discussed and explained in this paper.First of all,Beck's Risk Society Theory describes the risks that arose in the current stage of social development.Along with the development of modernity and globalization,risks caused by human behavior and decision-making increased greatly,which pose serious threats to human survival and development.The further development in industrial modernization has created a variety of uncertainties that threaten social stability and has led human society to a new stage of modernity—a risk society.Driven by the forces of globalization,the global risk society is coming in which various global crises that affect the well-being of people who face a common risk challenge and form a risk community in which benefits are shared,risks are shared,and costs and responsibilities are unified.Beck's Risk Society Theory has put forward some strategies to cope with risks,which includes: reflective thinking methods,the combination of scientific rationality and social rationality,and cosmopolitan vision.Secondly,based on the basic content of combing risk social theory,this paper analyzes the theoretical validity and limitations of Risk Society Theory.In terms of its theoretical validity,it introduces lesser-known risks and opens up a new view for us to take a deep thinking of the development of modernization and globalization.In addition,the thinking and discussion on modern risk mitigation enables people to understand the nature of the society more thoroughly.Whilst,its theoretical perspective is also conducive to people's further transformation of risk management concepts to achieve the effectiveness of risk governance.When it comes to its limitations,firstly,the theory focuses and aims more at the root causes of risk in western countries and may disregard the situation of developing countries.Secondly,the theory overemphasizes the perception of risk,leading excessive public attention on social development risks and creating unnecessary panic.Thirdly,Beck's plan for social risk management is only at the theoretical level,and its actual feasibility isweak.Finally,this paper studies the risk social landscape-China based on Risk Society Theory.China is facing more crises in the tide of globalization as it is in a critical period of social transformation so that various kinds of risks becoming increasingly prominent.We can acquire some important inspirations by researching and analyzing the impacts of the Risk Social Theory.For example,we can improve our awareness on risk we face and recognize the stage of social development in China.As a result,it cultivates awareness of reflection and responsibility,which provides us with useful theoretical references for resolving risks.With the enlightenment of Beck's Risk Society theory,China obtained a feasible practice plan to dealing with domestic or global risks.In general,the contribution of China's programs to risk governance is mainly reflected in three aspects: Firstly,a combination of internal and external governance models should be implemented in face of complex risk and challenges from home and abroad;Secondly,China's plan points out that we must adhere to the combination of government-led and social organization participation.Thirdly,in a global risk society,it is not enough to rely on own strength to facing most complicated and tricky risk,it is imperative to increase the awareness of global cooperation in risk governance.