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Social and System Integration and the Underclass

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Capitalism and Social Cohesion

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Ulrick Beck is, first and foremost, referring to threats to the environment. The focus of this chapter is the ‘bads’ of the social infrastructure captured in the concepts of underclass and social exclusion. Along with the ecological challenge these social ‘bads’ form unavoidable points of reference for social sciences dealing with present forms of social integration and differentiation.

Social conflicts in the classical industrial society were conflicts over ‘goods’ (income, social security etc.). The conflicts in risk society are mainly conflicts over ‘bads’. (Beck 1994: 6)

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  1. Department of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark

    John Andersen (Associate Professor)

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  1. University of Bath, UK

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

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

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Andersen, J. (1999). Social and System Integration and the Underclass. In: Gough, I., Olofsson, G. (eds) Capitalism and Social Cohesion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379138_7

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