Individualization —— Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences

----- 个性化:制度化的个人主义及其社会和政治后果

ISBN: 9780761961116 出版年：2001 页码：222 Beck, Ulrich Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth SAGE Publications Ltd

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