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Differentiation and Marginalization in Late Modernity

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Capitalism and Social Cohesion

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This essay aims at linking more tightly the theoretical concepts (differentiation, social and system integration, inclusion/exclusion) underlying the overall organization of this volume, with the more practical themes of unemployment and the crisis of the welfare state experienced by late-modern societies today. Since in both the classical and modern sociological literature the concept of differentiation is closely related to that of modernity, I begin with a brief discussion of the latter.

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  1. London School of Economics, UK

    Nicos Mouzelis (Professor of Sociology)

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  1. University of Bath, UK

    Ian Gough (Professor of Social Policy) (Professor of Social Policy)

  2. University of Växjö, Sweden

    Gunnar Olofsson (Professor of Sociology) (Professor of Sociology)

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Mouzelis, N. (1999). Differentiation and Marginalization in Late Modernity. In: Gough, I., Olofsson, G. (eds) Capitalism and Social Cohesion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379138_10

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