In the post war years European integration was driven by nation states attempting to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion through European trade and cooperation. The results were prosperous, and unified Western European societies were based on full employment and redistributive welfare states. However, in today's Europe - a Europe subject to increasing international competition fuelled by both economic and cultural globalization - the European social model needs to be re-examined, yet its emphasis on cohesion remains crucial for the future of Europe as a unified polity.
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In the post war years European integration was driven by nation states attempting to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion through European...
European social development over the last century has been characterized by an increasing inclusiveness of people into the ever-larger collectives of the nation state, the European Union and categories of welfare entitlement. Yet recent empirical data suggests that income gaps are growing and that within the physical borders of Europe there is a greater cultural and ethnic heterogeneity than ever before. Effectively, many of the processes of inclusion are accompanied by exclusion and the creation of new borders, identities and rights.
Inclusions and Exclusions in European...
European social development over the last century has been characterized by an increasing inclusiveness of people into the ever-larger collectives ...
In all Western countries, people are retiring earlier than ever before, and people are living longer, thus prolonging the length of retirement. What are the effects of this phenomenon on society in general and on the labor force, and what are the psychological effects on retirees? Time for Retirement addresses the "aging of society" and the restructuring of the life course in terms of the changing relationship between work and retirement. Practically, it assesses the range of possible political answers to this process, with a comparative analysis of different national regimes.
In all Western countries, people are retiring earlier than ever before, and people are living longer, thus prolonging the length of retirement. What a...
Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship and their connection to state policies remain controversial. Received theories have had to be revised in the light of social and demographic change and accumulating evidence of long-standing cultural differences. In this volume the authors use network data to measure the extent of mutual assistance between relatives and explore its connection to residence and marriage patterns, intergenerational relations, gender roles and fertility. They go...
Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship an...
Verlassliche Informationen uber die alternde Gesellschaft sind bisher dunn gesat. Der Alters-Survey - gefordert vom Bundesministerium fur Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend - schafft hier Abhilfe. Er basiert auf einer groen, anspruchsvoll angelegten Reprasentativuntersuchung der deutschen Bevolkerung im Alter von 40 bis 85 Jahren. Diese kann sowohl im Sinne einer Sozialberichterstattung wie auch zur Klarung zentraler Theoretischer Fragen genutzt werden. Das Buch bietet eine umfassende Darstellung der soziologischen Befunde des Alters-Survey.
Verlassliche Informationen uber die alternde Gesellschaft sind bisher dunn gesat. Der Alters-Survey - gefordert vom Bundesministerium fur Familie, Sen...
Family-related migration is moving to the center of political debates on migration, integration, and multiculturalism in Europe. Still, strands of academic research on family migrations and migrant families remain separate from--and sometimes ignorant of--each other. This volume seeks to bridge the disciplinary divide. Collectively, the authors address the need to better understand the diversity of family-related migration and its resulting family forms and practices, to question simplistic assumptions about migrant families in public discourse, to study family migration from a mix of...
Family-related migration is moving to the center of political debates on migration, integration, and multiculturalism in Europe. Still, strands of ...
Das Generationenthema ist gleichermassen popular wie kontrovers. Seine Popularitat zeigt sich an der Generationenetikettierungswut, von der auch manche Soziologen ergriffen sind. Wie kontrovers das Thema ist, wird daran deutlich, dass von der einen Seite ein "Krieg der Generationen" heraufbeschworen wird, wahrend andernorts von einer "neuen Solidaritat zwischen den Generationen" die Rede ist. In diesem Buch erlautern die fuhrenden Vertreter der Generationenforschung den Stand der Diskussion und zeigen, was die Generationenforschung fur die Analyse von Familie und Gesellschaft leisten...
Das Generationenthema ist gleichermassen popular wie kontrovers. Seine Popularitat zeigt sich an der Generationenetikettierungswut, von der auch manch...
Die empirische Untersuchung, die diesem Buch zugrunde liegt, ist im Marz 1988 mit einem Berieht an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft abgeschlo- Ben worden. DaB sich die Fertigstellung der Buchfassung so lange verzogert hat, liegt an den Problemen, die aus dem System des akademischen Arbeits- marktes und der ProjektfOrderung erwachsen. Aufgrund der Notwendigkeit, neue Projekte zu akquirieren und zu bearbeiten, und - fUr einige Mitarbeiter - aufgrund der Notwendigkeit, andere Stellen anzutreten und sich mit ganzer Energie auf die neuen Aufgaben zu konzentrieren, hat immer wieder die MuBe...
Die empirische Untersuchung, die diesem Buch zugrunde liegt, ist im Marz 1988 mit einem Berieht an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft abgeschlo- Ben ...
