Format:
1 online resource (186 pages)
ISBN:
9789048510528
Series Statement:
Solidarity and Identity
Content:
This book examines, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of globalization and individualization on social solidarity.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- 1 Individualization, globalization and solidarity -- 2 Taking care of each other Trends in social solidarity -- 2.1 What is social solidarity? -- 2.1.1 Social solidarity, social cohesion and social capital -- 2.1.2 Attitudes and acts of solidarity -- 2.1.3 Acts of solidarity -- 2.1.4 Attitudes of solidarity -- 2.2 The actual state of social solidarity -- 2.3 Trends in social solidarity -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Altruism or self-interest? Solidarity and the welfare state -- 3.1 What is the welfare state? -- 3.2 The solidarity of the welfare state -- 3.3 What motivates the welfare state? -- 3.4 Public support for the welfare state -- 3.5 The welfare state as a source of solidarity -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Falling apart? The many meanings of individualization -- 4.1 What is individualization? -- 4.2 Methodology: how to test for individualization? -- 4.3 Is there a process of individualization going on? -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Appendix to Chapter 4 -- 5 Independent yet solidary The impact of individualization on solidarity -- 5.1 Sociological theory and the relationship between individualization and solidarity -- 5.1.1 Mechanisms of solidarity -- 5.1.2 How does individualization affect solidarity? -- 5.2 Method and data -- 5.3 The relationship between individualization and solidarity at the country level -- 5.4 The relationship between individualization and solidarity at the individual and the country levels -- 5.5 Conclusions -- Appendix to Chapter 5 -- 6 A borderless world? Developments in globalization, 1970-2005 -- 6.1 What is globalization? -- 6.1.1 A definition of globalization -- 6.1.2 Explanations of globalization -- 6.2 Measuring the openness of countries -- 6.2.1 Developments in globalization -- 6.2.2 The ten most open countries -- 6.3 Conclusions.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789089641281
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789089641281
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=474250
