European societies : fusion or fission? / / edited by Thomas Boje, Bart van Steenbergen and Sylvia Walby

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910305557003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-64025-0; 1-134-64026-9; 1-280-33104-6; 0-203-17030-X; 0-203-03142-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; ; 1
• Altri autori (Persone): BojeThomas P. <1944->; SteenbergenBart van; WalbySylvia
• Disciplina: 306/.094
• Soggetti: European federation; Electronic books.; Europe Social conditions 20th century
• 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: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of editors; List of contributors; Introduction; OPENING ARTICLE; 1 'Europe' as issues of sociology; PART I Social exclusion and European integration; 2 The revitalization of Western Europe and the politics of the 'social dimension'; 3 European integration: disparate dynamics of bureaucratic control and communicative participation; 4 Gender inequalities in European societies today; 5 The undocumented outsider class: illegal immigrants in Dutch society; PART II Citizenship and gender; 6 The role of social movements in the project of civil society: the case of the women's movement7 Women and democratization: some notes on recent changes in Hungary; 8 Non-standard employment, citizenship and social exclusion in Europe; PART III Nationalism and ethnicity; 9 Multiculturalism and political integration in European cities; 10 Nationalism, national identity and citizenship in the new Europe; 11 ; Nationalism: ethnicity and gender; 12 The Balkan tragedy: a universal or a particular issue?; PART IV Transition and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe; 13 The cultural core of post-communist transformations14 The rise of managerialism: the 'new' class after the fall of communism; 15 Second thoughts on the transformation in Eastern and Central Europe; PART V Conclusion; 16 European sociologists between economic globalization and cultural fragmentation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.