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Complicated lives : the malaise of modernity

Complicated Lives examines the greatest conundrum of the modern world: why, despite being richer, healthier and more empowered than ever before, do we continue to feel threatened, under pressure and stressed? There's no denying that we've never had it so good, yet the stark truth is that levels of happiness are unchanged since the 1950s
eBook, English, 2005, ©2003
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 2005, ©2003
1 online resource (xix, 225 pages) : illustrations
9780470857021, 9780470012635, 0470857021, 0470012633
65471569
COMPLICATED LIVES
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 IT?S A COMPLICATED LIFE
2 THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM
3 THE ROUTELESS SOCIETY
4 HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE NETWORK SOCIETY
5 NEW LIFE COURSES, NEW CHALLENGES
6 TECHNOLOGY AND COMPLEXITY
7 THE CHOICE EXPLOSION
8 REGENDERING LIFE
9 THE PARENTING CHALLENGE
10 THE ANXIETY SOCIETY
11 COMPLICATED TIMES
12 NAVIGATING A COMPLEX WORLD
NOTES
INDEX
Originally published: 2003. With new subtitle