European Modernity and Beyond
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European Modernity and Beyond

The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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European Modernity and Beyond

The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000

About this book

In this book one of Europe?s foremost sociologists offers a profound and accessible overview of the trajectory of European societies, East and West, since the end of World War II.

Combining theoretical depth with factual analysis, Göran Therborn addresses the questions that underpin an understanding of the nature of European modernity, including: To what extent is the period 1945-2000 producing fundamental change and what are the areas of continuity? Have the societies of Europe become more similar to others on the globe or more distinctively European? What are the prospects of Europe after decades of postwar change and the end of the Cold War?

Issues covered include the division of paid and unpaid labour, patterns of rights in different social spheres, the development of mass consumption, the evolution of risks, the spatial range of economic and cultural change, collective memory and identities, the geography of happiness, and modes of collective action. The author relates these issues to the two great social steering projects of the period - socialism in the East and the European Union in the West.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. List of Tables, Figures and Maps
  4. Part I - Theory and History
  5. 1 - Structure, Culture and Modernity
  6. 2 - Europe in Modern History
  7. Part II - Structurations
  8. 3 - The Boundaries and the Peopling of Europe
  9. 4 - Divisions of Labour
  10. 5 - Rights to Claim: Membership and Welfare
  11. 6 - Rights to Act - Politics, Sex and Property
  12. 7 - Means: 'The Glorious Years'
  13. 8 - Risks and Opportunities
  14. Part III - Spacing
  15. 9 - Cities and States
  16. 10 - The European Economic Space
  17. 11 - Europe's Cultural Space
  18. Part IV - Enculturations
  19. 12 - Issues of Identity
  20. 13 - Horizons of Knowledge and TImes of Belief
  21. 14 - Values of Contemporary Modernity
  22. Part V - Collective Action and Social Steering
  23. 15 - Civil Societies and Collective Action
  24. 16 - Eastern Socialism and Western Union: Two Processes of Social Steering
  25. Part IV - Modernity and Europe: Six Questions and Their Answers
  26. Envoi: Europe and the Rest of Modernity
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index