In her book, Marianne Cooper discusses how culture and structure shape all families' abilities to develop plans to ensure their security. What is the Great Risk Shift? What else does she think is an important factor in shaping these "security projects" (p. 16-17)?
Great risk - culture and structure shape all families' abilities to develop plans to ensure their security. transformation that Americans now have to provide for own security (health care, retirement) all while costs of living are increasing; we are on our own; economic risk has been offloaded by the government and corporations onto the increasingly fragile balance sheets of workers and their families

Security projects- social factors like class position, education, and gender; people are emotional actors too - emotional dynamics differ between SES; thoughts in our heads and feelings in our hearts