9780761961123: Individualization

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

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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9780761961116: Individualization: Instituitionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0761961119 ISBN 13 :  9780761961116
Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2001
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