Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together or pulling them apart? The leading experts in this book (including Sheila Allen, Marlis Buchmann, Piotr Sztompka, and Patrick Ziltener) 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.
Author(s): Thomas Boje
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 288
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
List of editors......Page 9
List of contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
'Europe' as issues of sociology......Page 32
The revitalization of Western Europe and the politics of the 'social dimension'......Page 46
European integration: disparate dynamics of bureaucratic control and communicative participation......Page 66
Gender inequalities in European societies today......Page 79
The undocumented outsider class: illegal immigrants in Dutch society......Page 97
The role of social movements in the project of civil society: the case of the women's movement......Page 118
Women and democratization: some notes on recent changes in Hungary......Page 131
Non-standard employment, citizenship and social exclusion in Europe......Page 145
Multiculturalism and political integration in European cities......Page 162
Nationalism, national identity and citizenship in the new Europe......Page 176
Nationalism: ethnicity and gender......Page 191
The Balkan tragedy: a universal or a particular issue?......Page 206
The cultural core of post-communist transformations......Page 218
The rise of managerialism: the 'new' class after the fall of communism......Page 228
Second thoughts on the transformation in Eastern and Central Europe......Page 247
European sociologists between economic globalization and cultural fragmentation......Page 262
Index......Page 276
