Individualization
：Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences
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Publication subTitle ：Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences
Publication series ：1
Author： Beck Ulrich;Beck-Gernsheim Elisabeth
Publisher： Sage Publications Ltd
Publication year： 2001
E-ISBN: 9781412931410
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780761961116
Subject： C912.1 personal social (people)
Keyword： 社会学
Language： ENG
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Description
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