Life as a Planning Project

Beck‐Gernsheim, Elisabeth; Chalmers, Martin

doi:10.4135/9781446221983.n6

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“…Some sociological theorists have suggested a general process of individualization occurring across societies (Beck, 1992;Beck-Gernsheim, 1996). The structures which once constrained the shape and direction of people's lives are said to give way to the power of individuals to construct their own trajectories.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The structures which once constrained the shape and direction of people's lives are said to give way to the power of individuals to construct their own trajectories. As Giddens (1991; and Beck-Gernsheim (1996) have argued, in lacking external referents notably of kinship and place, people make their own projects and plans. As Giddens (1991) conceptualizes it, individuals construct their trajectories through a process of reflexivity in which the self achieves 'mastery' over social relations and social contexts.…”

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Time and the Negotiation of Work–Family Boundaries

2005

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Nutzungsbedingungen Julia BrannenABSTRACT. The article reproblematizes time in relation to the concept of the 'extended present' by drawing upon empirical material from a methodological study of work-family boundaries, the article examines the effects of workplace change in a call centre on employees' negotiation of these boundaries. Through detailed analysis of one of the cases discussed it shows how a female employee and her partner blur the boundaries between work and family life and how the woman concerned felt that she exercised control over time but also felt driven by it. The article sheds insight into the conditions that generate feelings of autonomy and its illusory nature. KEY WORDS • care • organizational change • time • work-family boundaries

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Time and the Negotiation of Work–Family Boundaries

2005

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“…The likelihood of solving fertility problems through new reproductive technology is grossly overestimated (te Velde & Pearson, 2002). Furthermore, "the psychology of choice" (Beck-Gernsheim, 1996) assumes that when a choice has been made, it is brought to fruition through individual agency. Not realizing the path chosen may lead to a sense of loss or failure.…”

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“…Strong themes in this work are autonomy, choice, and the creation of one's own life (Beck, 1986(Beck, / 1992Beck & Beck-Gernsheim, 2000;Beck-Gernsheim, 1996;Giddens, 1991). Consequently, it is often assumed that future cohorts of old people will have taken measures to ensure potential long-term care.…”

Section: Lifestyles Among Future Cohorts Of Old People: Dilemmas Of Dmentioning

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Childlessness and Parenthood in Two Centuries

Dykstra

Hägestad

2007

Journal of Family Issues

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The article focuses on findings that were replicated across several countries and considers their relevance for future older adults. Key findings are that (a) childlessness makes more of a difference in men's than in women's lives, (b) never-married women are a childless category with particularly favorable characteristics, and (c) childless people face support deficits only toward the end of life. In future cohorts, the authors expect to see (a) clearer contrasts between childless men and fathers, given indications that men are being more strongly selected into parenthood; (b) diminished differences between childless women and mothers, given the improved conditions for combining work and care; (c) fewer differences in reliance on formal support between older people with and without children, given the increased levels of education and material resources; and (d) that involuntary childlessness will be all the more distressing, given that a chosen life path has been blocked.

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“…As she put it, the child becomes a problem (Kinderfrage) insofar as having a child becomes an important subject of reflection and decision for women in late modern society. Briefly speaking, the child embodies a risk on the semantic level (Beck-Gernsheim 1988.…”

Section: Child As Risk-totemmentioning

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Risk or Totem?: Semantics of Child in Korean Risk Society

Kim¹

2013

Development and Society

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Life as a Planning Project

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Time and the Negotiation of Work–Family Boundaries

Time and the Negotiation of Work–Family Boundaries

Childlessness and Parenthood in Two Centuries

Risk or Totem?: Semantics of Child in Korean Risk Society

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