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Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences
Ulrich Beck
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Description for Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences
Paperback. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JMH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761961123
SKU
V9780761961123
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About Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich. He is the author of Counterpoison (1991) and Ecological Enlightenment (1992).
Reviews for Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences
`Ulrich Beck′s Risk Society, and indeed the theory of "reflexive modernization" is characterized by two theses: an environmental thesis and individualization thesis.... In Anglo-Saxon sociology the risk thesis has been enormously influential. The individualization thesis, for its part, has passed virtually ignored. That is the shortcoming that this book Individualization addressess.... In this single volume this thesis receives the exclusive ... Read more