Theorizing European Societies

Cover
Contents
List of Boxes
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter outlines
1 The Idea of Europe: Past and Present
Europe in crisis
A crisis of European values
Ideas of Europe
The concept of European society
The diversity of European societies
The diversity of Eastern and Western European societies
Formal European institutions
Conclusion
2 Sociology and the Image of European Societies
Positivist sociology
Positivist theory and method
European societies in the third stage of civilization
Functionalist sociology
Functionalist theory and method
European societies as diversity in unity
Historical materialist sociology
Historical materialist theory and method
European societies as permanent revolutions
Interpretative sociology
Interpretative sociological theory and method
European societies as cultural complexes
Conclusion
3 The Modernization of European Societies
The social order of modernizing European societies
The city-state as the cradle of European civilization
Christian Europe
The nation-state as modernizer
Identities in modernizing European societies
The family stage
The European politics of identity achievement
Social inequalities in modernizing European societies
The European aristocracy
The European bourgeoisie
Power in modernizing European societies
Subsidiarity and the city-state
Sovereignty and the nation-state
European societies moving 'beyond' modernization?
Postmodern states
Alternative modernities
Conclusion
4 The Individualization of European Societies
The social order of individualizing European societies
The European communities
Individualizing European societies
The dark side of individualized Europe: the fragility of norms
Identities in individualizing European societies
The values of individualizing European societies: autonomy and emancipation
The struggle for recognition
Social inequalities in individualizing European societies
The rise of the meritocrats
The paradox of the mass society
Power in individualizing European societies
The authority of the contract
The exercise of sovereign power through the constitutional state
European societies moving beyond individualization?
Liquid ties
Restoring community bonds
Conclusion
5 The Industrialization of European Societies
The social order of industrializing European societies
Peasantry and slavery in ancient Europe
Second sector Europe
The dark side of industrialized Europe: the alienation of European selfhood
Identities in industrializing European societies
Ancient and modern European craftsmanship
Commodification as an anti-European force
Social inequalities in industrializing European societies
The class consciousness of the European mind
The Matthew effect
Power in industrializing European societies
The provision of care
The exercise of sovereign power through the welfare state
European societies moving beyond industrialization?
The post-industrial society
The post-materialist society
Conclusion
6 The Rationalization of European Societies
The social order of rationalizing European societies
Ideal types of European rationality
The caging of European societies
The dark side of rationalized Europe: the loss of European values
Identities in rationalizing European societies
The monitoring of identities
Total institutions
Social inequalities in rationalizing European societies
Rationalized inequalities
Inequalities of mind
Power in rationalizing European societies
Rational leadership
The exercise of sovereign power through the bureaucratic state
European societies moving beyond rationalization?
The post-rational condition
The promise of reflexivity
Conclusion
7 The Globalization of European Societies
The social order of globalizing European societies
The myth of the nation
The birth of the world
The dark side of globalized Europe: borderless violence
Identities in globalizing European societies
The reference to the world
The management of cultural diversities
Social inequalities in globalizing European societies
The rise of the global capitalist elites
The globalization of class polarizations
Power in globalizing European societies
The new legality of human rights
The exercise of post-sovereign power through global governance
European societies moving beyond globalization?
Closing borders
Becoming glocal Europeans
Conclusion
8 Conclusion
The struggle for the idea of Europe
A fragile freedom
Becoming Homo Europaeus
Glossary
Bibliography
Index