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Individualization
Ulrich Beck
其他書名
Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences
出版SAGE, 2002-02-04
主題Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN07619611199780761961116
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9oSSIAHfU08C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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