Capitalism and Social Cohesion: Essays on Exclusion and Integration

by I. Gough (Editor), G. Olofsson (Editor)

Overview

This book brings together essays on modernity, social integration, social differentiation and social exclusion by Lockwood, Mouzelis and other eminent social theorists. At the same time it addresses critical issues facing Western democracies, such as social exclusion, the underclass, unemployment, new inequalities, globalization and the new competitive environment. Its novelty lies in the imaginative way it uses social theory to critique old, and suggest new, policies and political practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312223113
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/02/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

IAN GOUGH is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bath.

GUNNAR OLOFSSON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Lund.

Table of Contents

Introduction: New Thinking on Exclusion and Integration--Ian Gough & Gunnar Olofsson
• Part I: Theories of Integration
• Mapping System Integration and Social Integration--Nils Mortensen
• Embeddedness and Integration: An Essay on Karl Polanyi
• Part II: Audits of Integration
• Civic Integration and Social Cohesion--David Lockwood
• Social Welfare and Economic Competitiveness--Ian Gough
• Gender, Citizenship and Empowerment--Birte Siim
• Part III: New Arenas of Exclusion: New Strategies for Integration
• From Class Society to Exclusion from Society--John Andersen
• Critical Reflections on the "Underclass" and Poverty--Kirk Mann
• Unemployment or Basic Income: Is There a Middle Road?--Iver Hornemann Moller & Jens Lind
• Part IV: Conclusion
• Differentiation and Marginalization in Late Modernity--Nicos Mouzelis
• Index