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Individualization
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
Addressing Modernity
Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems is one of the most ambitious attempts to create a coherent account of global modernity. Primarily interested in the fundamental structures of modern society, however, Luhmann himself paid relatively little attention to regional variations. The aim of this book is to seek out modernity in one particular location: The United States of America. Gathering essays from a group of cultural and literary scholars, sociologists, and philosophers, Addressing Modernity reassesses the claims of American exceptionalism by setting them in the context of Luhmann’s conception of modernity, and explores how social systems theory can generate new perspectives on what has often been described as the first thoroughly modern nation. As a study of American society and culture from a Luhmannian vantage point, the book is of interest to scholars from both American Studies and social systems theory in general.
Handbuch Spezielle Soziologien
Das "Handbuch Spezielle Soziologien" gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die weit verzweigte Landschaft soziologischer Teilgebiete und Praxisfelder. Im Gegensatz zu vergleichbaren Buchprojekten versammelt der Band in über vierzig Einzelbeiträgen neben den einschlägigen Gegenstands- und Forschungsfeldern der Soziologie wie etwa der Familien-, Kultur- und Religionssoziologie auch oftmals vernachlässigte Bereiche wie etwa die Architektursoziologie, die Musiksoziologie und die Soziologie des Sterbens und des Todes. Damit wird sowohl dem interessierten Laien, den Studierenden von Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen als auch den professionellen Lehrern und Forschern der Soziologie ein Gesam...
Family Life and Family Policies in Europe
This volume is a comparative study of family change in Europe and its dependency on social policy regimes. The authors explore family discourse, family law, single parents, gender relations, the "new fathers", divorce, and abortion within the framework of national policies vis-a-vis the family. Conventional wisdom assumes that policy decisions affecting the life situation of a population shape different opportunities for private living, particularly in relation to children and the family. But, the authors argue, it would be too simplistic to assume a direct causal link between welfare policies for the family and developments in the family sector. Family change is in fact mediated by institutional factors as well as by cultural traditions and political intervention. The chapters in this volume deal with the substantial and methodological problems of ascertaining the impact of different national policy regimes on family change.
IBSS: Sociology: 1993 Vol 43
This bibliography lists the most important works published in sociology in 1993. Renowned for its international coverage and rigorous selection procedures, the IBSS provides researchers and librarians with the most comprehensive and scholarly bibliographic service available in the social sciences. The IBSS is compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, one of the world's leading social science institutions. Published annually, the IBSS is available in four subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
Sociology of the Next Society
This innovative volume provides insight into the vast changes in societies now and in the near future, and highlights the need for a new sociological approach to analyse these changes. It particularly reviews and critiques existing theories of globalization and analyses how global changes affect all subsystems of social membership systems: the scientific, academic, legal and political systems. The authors propose a new theoretical paradigm in sociology to analyse this “next society”. The book studies emergent communication structures between these systems and looks at the concept of membership as a new research area in the study of the next society. In this context, it particularly assesses the problems of further modernization of Chinese society, and the directions of this modernization. This book is of interest to researchers and students of social theory, globalization studies, theory of evolution, and those studying modern Chinese society.
Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads
Who should be allowed to provide legal services to others? What characteristics must these services possess? Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book illuminates the policy choices involved in legal services regulation a
Historical Social Research
International journal for the application of formal methods to history.
Die Individualisierungs-These
schon in den 20er Jahren abzeichnen? Was ist in anderen Ländern geschehen? Sind es vielleicht ein universaler, an die Entwicklung marktwirtschaftlicher und durch den Kapitalismus begünstigte Entwicklungen? 3. Wie ist das Konzept ,Jndividualisierung" definiert? Ist Individualisierung ein Prozeß und/oder die Beschreibung eines (individuellen) Zustands? Welche Di mensionen umfaßt ,,Individualisierung"? Läßt sich eine Individualisierung in verschiedenen Handlungsbereichen (z. B. Partnerschaft, Berufsausbildung, Frei zeitverhalten, Wahlverhalten) beobachten? Bestehen Korrelationen zwischen dem Ausmaß "individualisierten" Verhaltens in diesen Verhaltensbereichen? Welche Beziehung besteht zw...
Soziologie des Privaten
Das „Private“ als Teil des Lebens, der sich scheinbar dem öffentlichen Blick und der direkten Steuerung entzieht, wird in den modernen Sozialwissenschaften selten thematisiert. Der Band beinhaltet Beiträge zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten privat verstandener Lebensbereiche wie Geschlechterverhältnisse, Familie und Lebensführung, Verhältnis von Privatheit und Öffentlichkeit, Freundschaft, Therapie und Popkultur. Sie knüpfen an zentrale Einsichten des Soziologen Günter Burkart an, der wie kaum ein anderer den Weg zu einer aktuellen Soziologie des Privaten in Deutschland geprägt hat. Zu den Schwerpunkten Günter Burkarts gehören die Themen Familie, Paarbeziehung und Lebensformen sowie die Geschlechter-, Sexual-, Körper- und Emotionsforschung. Forschungen zur kulturellen Bedeutung des Automobils und der Handynutzung runden sein Werk ab.
