European Societies Today: Inequality, Diversity, Divergence

ISBN-13: 9781138386914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 278 str.

James Wickham

Opis

This accessible new text introduces students to contemporary European societies by examining structures of inequality, making sense of the empirical and historical contexts.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Where is Europe Anyway? 2. From Industrial Society to the Knowledge-based Economy 3. European Capitalisms 4. Economic Inequality and the Welfare State 5. Money, Markets and Wealth 6. Occupations and Social Classes 7. Gender and Socio-economic Inequality 8. Spatial Inequality: Europe of the regions 9. Mobility from/to/within Europe 10. Ethnic diversity and the national welfare state 11. Conclusion: The end of the European Social Model before it began?

O autorze

James Wickham is a Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland.