Individualization

Individualization

Author: Ulrich Beck (socioloog)

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2002-02-04

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780761961123

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The authors perceive that we humans are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges on the two processes of globalisation and individualisation.


Individualization

Individualization

Author: Ulrich Beck

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2002-02-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780761961123

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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


Paradoxes of Individualization

Paradoxes of Individualization

Author: Mr Willem de Koster

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-01-28

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1409494802

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Paradoxes of Individualization addresses one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary sociology: whether a process of individualization is liberating selves from society so as to make them the authors of their personal biographies. The book adopts a cultural-sociological approach that firmly rejects such a notion of individualization as naïve. The process is instead conceptualized as an increasing social significance of moral notions of individual liberty, personal authenticity and cultural tolerance, which informs two paradoxes. Firstly, chapters about consumer behavior, computer gaming, new age spirituality and right-wing extremism demonstrate that this individualism entails a new, yet often unacknowledged, form of social control. The second paradox, addressed in chapters about religious, cultural and political conflict, is concerned with the fact that it is precisely individualism's increased social significance that has made it morally and politically contested. Paradoxes of Individualization, will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of cultural sociology, cultural anthropology, political science, and cultural, religious and media studies, and particularly to those with interests in social theory, culture, politics and religion.


Late Modernity, Individualization and Socialism

Late Modernity, Individualization and Socialism

Author: M. Dawson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-05-14

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1137003421

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Influenced most notably by Émile Durkheim and Zygmunt Bauman, Dawson outlines how this long neglected stream of socialist theory can help us more fully understand, and possibly move beyond, the problems of neoliberalism and our conceptions of political individualism.


The Individualization of Chinese Society

The Individualization of Chinese Society

Author: Yunxiang Yan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-08-19

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1000323749

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Chinese society has seen phenomenal change in the last 30 years. Two of the most profound changes have been the rise of the individual in both public and private spheres and the consequent individualization of Chinese society itself. Yet, despite China's recent dramatic entrance into global politics and economics, neither of these significant shifts has been fully analysed. China may indeed present an alternative model of social transformation in the age of globalisation - so its path to development may have particular implications for the developing world.The Individualization of Chinese Society reveals how individual agency has been on the rise since the 1970s and how this has impacted on everyday life and Chinese society more broadly. The book presents a wide range of detailed case studies - on the impact of economic policy, patterns of kinship, changes in marriage relations and the socio-economic position of women, the development of youth culture, the politics of consumerism, and shifting power relations in everyday life.


Contested Individualization

Contested Individualization

Author: C. Howard

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-11-12

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0230609252

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Howard brings together top contributorsin avolume that provides a survey of new research and theoretical work on the topic of individualization. Topics covered include gender, social policy reform, and economy.