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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155336903321

Autore

Simeoni Monica

Titolo

Europe or not! multiple conversations and voices : with Alberto Martinelli, Vittorio Cotesta, Nadia Urbinati and Alain Touraine / / Monica Simeoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bruxelles, [Belgium] : , : P.I.E Peter Lang, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

2-8076-0109-X

2-8076-0110-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 pages)

Collana

Europe of Cultures ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

301.094

Soggetti

Europe Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Prelude. European Concerns, Reflections and Perspectives; A New Europe in the Face of Cultural and Religious Differences. Fear of Islam; Introduction; Part One. Europe: An Increasingly Urgent Project; Premises; 1. Populisms: the risks for European democracy; 2. Political parties in the current transformation process; 3. Europe and the United States of Europe?; The idea of Europe; The European project; 4. Identity in a European perspective; Identity: a polyvalent concept; A multiple identity.

5. Nations and nationalisms: a comeback of national authority?Nation: a complex term; What boundaries for Europe?; 6. Welfare and common European policies; The European welfare model; New community policies; Part Two. Multiple Conversations and Voices: Sociological Perspectives; Alberto Martinelli: Europe: integration or disgregation; Vittorio Cotesta: What role for Europe on the world's new checker-board?; Nadia Urbinati: European integration: a democratic challenge to populisms; Alain Touraine: The Subject, the new actor in post-social society; Conclusions; References.

Sommario/riassunto

Europe finds itself in a dramatic position: it must choose innovation, or disintegration, with all the unpredictable consequences this may entail. In this book, the authors discuss with leading experts on European



issues and institutions, as well as on democracy put to the test currently by rampant populism in almost all the EU countries.