Published in Association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser.: Individualization : Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences by Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (2002, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSAGE Publications, The Limited

ISBN-100761961127

ISBN-139780761961123

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Number of Pages222 Pages

Publication NameIndividualization : Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSociology / General

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorUlrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim

SeriesPublished in Association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-277964

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'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 attention of Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. This book represents the other half of Beck's work. And this half today may be the most important half' - Scott Lash, from the Foreword, 'Ulrich Becks 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 attention of Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. This book represents the other half of Becks work. And this half today may be the most important half - Scott Lash, from the Foreword, '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 attention of Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. This book represents the other half of Beck's work. And this half today may be the most important half' - Scott Lash, from the Foreword

Dewey Decimal302.5/4

Table Of ContentLosing the Traditional Individualization and Precarious FreedomsA Life of Ones Own in a Runaway World Individualization, Globalization and PoliticsBeyond Status and Class?The Ambivalent Social Structure Poverty and Wealth in a Self-Driven CultureFrom 'Living for Others to A Life of Ones Own Individualization and WomenOn the Way to the Post-Familial Family From a Community of Need to Elective AffinitiesDivision of Labour, Self-Imaging and Life Projects New Conflicts in the FamilyDeclining Birthrates and the Wish to Have ChildrenApparatuses Do Not Care for PeopleHealth and Responsibility in the Age of Genetic TechnologyDeath of Ones Own, Life of Ones Own Hopes from TransienceFreedoms ChildrenFreedoms FathersZombie Categories Interview with Ulrich Beck

SynopsisIndividualization 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, 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 as much as basic rights are internalized and everyone wants to or must be economically active, the spiral of individualization destroys the given foundations of social co-existence.

LC Classification NumberHM1276.B43 2002