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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170978303321

Titolo

Will Europe work? : integration, employment and the social order / / edited by Martin Kohli and Mojca Novak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-86197-102-8

1-134-51012-8

1-134-51013-6

1-280-40185-0

0-203-28288-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

KohliMartin

NovakMojca <1948->

Disciplina

337.1/4

Soggetti

Globalization

Europe Economic integration

Europe Economic policy

Europe Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: will Europe work?; Working in Europe: towards a new social model; International competition, supranational integration, national solidarity: the emerging constitution of ~Social Europe~; Will Social Europe work?; Class, gender and inequality: the role of welfare states; Employment and labor market policies in South Europe; Working on Europe: constructing identities; State borders, border regions and the construction of European identity

Our time: Europe in the age of global networks and flowing identitiesContradictory trends in constructing European citizenship: beyond the gender gap; Working on Europe: perspectives and institutions; Missing a European public sphere; Micro-foundations of postindustrial transformation; The language constellation of the



European Union; European sociology or a sociology of Europeans?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the post war years European integration was driven by nation states attempting to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion through European trade and cooperation. The results were prosperous, and unified Western European societies were based on full employment and redistributive welfare states. However, in today's Europe - a Europe subject to increasing international competition fuelled by both economic and cultural globalization - the European social model needs to be re-examined, yet its emphasis on cohesion remains crucial for the future of Europe as a unified polity. Inve