Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences, Volumul 13

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SAGE, 4 feb. 2002 - 221 pagini
Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that it is vital to distinguish between the neo-liberal idea of the free-market individual and the concept of individualization. The result is the most complete discussion of individualization currently available, showing how individualization relates to basic social rights and also paid employment; and concluding that in

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Individualization
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Poverty and wealth
42
From a community
85
Declining birthrates and the wish to have children
119
Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology
139
Freedoms children
156
Freedoms fathers
172
Interview with Ulrich Beck
202
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Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich. He is the author of Counterpoison (1991) and Ecological Enlightenment (1992).

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