Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences

ISBN-13: 9780761961116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 222 str.

Ulrich Beck; Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim; Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim

Opis

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