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OverviewAre the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together or pulling them apart? The experts in this work cover a wide range of subjects, including the move towards political democracy and market economy in Central and Eastern societies, the project of the European Union, ethnic conflict, the rise of nationalism, social exclusion and women's role in public life. Contributors include: Thomas P.Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen, Sylvia Walby, Sheila Allen, Sara Arber, Volker Bornschier, Rosemary Crompton, Marlis Buchmann, Godfried Engbersen, Ute Gerhard, Mark Mitchell, John Rex, Dave Russell, Julia Szalai, Piotr Sztompka, Goran Therborn, Alain Touraine and Patrick Ziltener. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Boje (Roskilde University, Denmark) , Bart Van Steenbergen , Sylvia Walby , Sylvia Walby (University of Leeds)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9780415198431ISBN 10: 0415198437 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 20 May 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Thomas Boje, Bart van Steenbergen and Sylvia Walby Opening atricle: Europe as issues of sociology Goran Therborn, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Part One: Social exclusion and European integration The revitalisation of Western Europe and the politics of the social dimension Volker Bornschier, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Patrick Ziltener, University of Zurich, Switzerland European integration: Disparate dynamics of bureaucratic control and communicative participation Marlis Buchmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland Gender qualities in European societies today Sara Arber, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK The undocumented underclass Godfried Engerbersen, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Part Two: Citizenship and Gender The role of social movements for the project of civil society: the case of women's movement Ute Gerhard, University of Frankfurt Women and democratization: some notes on recent changes in Hungary Julia Szalai, Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Non-standard employment, and social exclusion Rosemary Crompton, University of Leicester, UK Part Three: Nationalism and Ethnicity Ethnic nationalism and immigrant ethnic minority groups John Rex, formerly of University of Durham and Warwick, UK Nationalism, national identity and citizenship in the new Europe Mark Mitchell and Dave Russell, both at the University of Portsmouth, UK Nationalism: Ethnicity and gender Sheila Allen, University of Bradford, UK The Balkan tragedy: a universal or particular theme? Margareta Bertillsson, Copenhagen University, Denmark Part Four: Transition The cultural core of post-communist transformations Piotr Sztompka, Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland The rise of managerialism: the new class after the fall of Communism Ivan Szelenyi, UCLA, USA Second thoughts on the transformations in East and Central Europe Michael Illner, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague Conclusion European sociologists between economic globalisation and cultural fragmentation Alain Touraine, Centre d'Analyse at d'Intervention Sociologiques, ParisReviewsAuthor InformationThomas Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen, Sylvia Walby Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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