Is there a common ground on which a European citizenship can be constructed? This volume looks at four foundations of citizenship in Europe: the legacy of national identities, current designs and projects for social and political citizenship in Europe, a transitional public space as the basis of an active European citizenship, and a transitional collective identity as a symbolic boundary marker for European citizenship.
Is there a common ground on which a European citizenship can be constructed? This volume looks at four foundations of citizenship in Europe: the legac...
Are contemporary societies organized by class? In recent years the apparent fragmentation of established class structures and the emergence of new social movements - in particular the women's movement and environmentalism - have altered the traditional expressions of class in society. At the same time, these changes have posed fundamental questions for the concept of class in sociology and political science. In this reassessment, Klaus Eder offers a perspective on the status of class in modernity. Drawing on Bourdieu, Touraine and Habermas, he outlines a cultural conception of class as the...
Are contemporary societies organized by class? In recent years the apparent fragmentation of established class structures and the emergence of new soc...
Europe is sometimes credited with a polis, ' but not a demos'. Political integration and economic globalisation cannot diminish local identity and social memories. This fascinating collection of national case studies shows why there will always be a local demos' located in ecology, economy, and society. But there will never be a transnational demos', precisely because locality is the basis for meaningful sustainability. Long may it triumph.' Tim O'Riordan, CSERGE, University of East Anglia 'The book offers a refreshing perspective on the diversity of Europe and at the...
Europe is sometimes credited with a polis, ' but not a demos'. Political integration and economic globalisation cannot diminish local identity and soc...
Okologische Kommunikation bezieht sich nicht nur auf industriell erzeugte Selbstgefahrdungen moderner Gesellschaften. Sie stellt auch einen symbolischen Fokus der Neudefinition gesellschaftlicher Identitaten und Ordnungsvorstellungen dar. Diese Studie fragt, wie sich das symbolische Interaktionsfeld dieser Debatten mit der Institutionalisierung okologischer Risikokommunikation verandert hat. Sie rekonstruiert die spezifische "Rahmung" von Umweltproblemen in der deutschen Medienoffentlichkeit und untersucht die Herausbildung eines neuen Typus offentlichkeitsvermittelter, "dialogischer"...
Okologische Kommunikation bezieht sich nicht nur auf industriell erzeugte Selbstgefahrdungen moderner Gesellschaften. Sie stellt auch einen symbolisch...
