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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783995503321

Autore

Delanty Gerard

Titolo

Rethinking Europe : social theory and the implications of europeanization / / Gerard Delanty and Chris Rumford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-27793-8

1-134-27794-6

1-280-21551-8

9786610215515

0-203-64005-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RumfordChris <1958->

Disciplina

301.094

Soggetti

Sociology - Europe

Group identity - Europe

Cosmopolitanism - Europe

Europe Economic integration

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 (p. [196]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Theorizing Europeanization; 2 History, modernity, and the multiple conceptions of Europe; 3 Is there a European identity?; 4 What does it mean to be a 'European'?; 5 The new cultural logic of Europeanization; 6 The European Social Model; 7 Organizing European space; 8 The European Union as non-state; 9 Towards a European polity?; 10 Rethinking European society; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford argue that we need a theory of society in order to understand Europeanization. This book advances the case that Europeanization should be theorized in terms of:globalization major social transformations that are not exclusively spear-headed by the EU the wider context of the transformation of modernity. This fascinating book broadens the terms of the debate on Euro