ABSTRACT
The second modernity has driven the inherent social cleavages to be more conspicuous with the process of new individualization. It decreased the radius of trust and increased narrowly-focused groups and associations, resulting in more social conflicts. It also crowds out civility and tolerance and brings back strict legalism and regulations. Since the arrangements among autonomy, democracy, and capitalism are temporarily mismatched, we need the restoration of toleration with the help of new institutional arrangements or a new policy regime. The new policies have to achieve social integration and interconnectedness by restructuring welfare and introducing deliberative democracy and personal elements to human relationships.
