European Societies: Fusion or Fission? (Routledge E.S.a. Studies in European Society, 1)

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. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 8 List of editors......Page 9 List of contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 'Europe' as issues of sociology......Page 32 The revitalization of Western Europe and the politics of the 'social dimension'......Page 46 European integration: disparate dynamics of bureaucratic control and communicative participation......Page 66 Gender inequalities in European societies today......Page 79 The undocumented outsider class: illegal immigrants in Dutch society......Page 97 The role of social movements in the project of civil society: the case of the women's movement......Page 118 Women and democratization: some notes on recent changes in Hungary......Page 131 Non-standard employment, citizenship and social exclusion in Europe......Page 145 Multiculturalism and political integration in European cities......Page 162 Nationalism, national identity and citizenship in the new Europe......Page 176 Nationalism: ethnicity and gender......Page 191 The Balkan tragedy: a universal or a particular issue?......Page 206 The cultural core of post-communist transformations......Page 218 The rise of managerialism: the 'new' class after the fall of communism......Page 228 Second thoughts on the transformation in Eastern and Central Europe......Page 247 European sociologists between economic globalization and cultural fragmentation......Page 262 Index......Page 276 This book brings together many of the leading experts in the field to ask whether recent developments in Europe have brought about a higher level of integration or are causing increased divergence and differences between countries