Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences, Volumen13SAGE, 2002 M02 4 - 221 páginas 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 |
Contenido
Individualization | 22 |
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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Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and ... Ulrich Beck,Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
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