institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences Beck, Ulrich 1944- creator Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth 1946- ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. enk London Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE 2002 monographic eng

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xxv, 221 p. Machine generated contents note: 1 Losing the traditional: Individualization -- and 'precarious freedoms' 1 -- 2 A life of one's own in a runaway world: Individualization, -- globalization and politics 22 -- 3 Beyond status and class? 30 -- 4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth -- in a 'self-driven culture' 42 -- 5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own': -- Individualization and women 54 -- 6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community -- of need to elective affinities 85 -- 7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects: -- New conflicts in the family 101 -- 8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119 -- 9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129 -- 10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139 -- 11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151 -- 12 Freedom's children 156 -- 13 Freedom's fathers 172 -- 14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Individualism HM1276 .B43 2002eb 302.5/4 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10076723 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10076723 CaPaEBR 020408 ebr10076723