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European Modernity and Beyond
The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000


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Political Sociology

March 1995 | 416 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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.

 
PART ONE: THEORY AND HISTORY
 
Structure, Culture and Modernity
 
Europe in Modern History
 
PART TWO: STRUCTURATIONS
 
The Boundaries and the Peopling of Europe
 
Tasks
Divisions of Labour

 
 
Rights to Claim
Membership and Welfare

 
 
Rights to Act
Politics, Sex and Property

 
 
Means
`The Glorious Years'

 
 
Risks and Opportunities
 
PART THREE: SPACING
 
Cities and States
 
The European Economic Space
 
Europe's Cultural Space
 
PART FOUR: ENCULTURATIONS
 
Issues of Identity
 
Horizons of Knowledge and Times of Belief
 
Values of Contemporary Modernity
 
PART FIVE: COLLECTIVE ACTION AND SOCIAL STEERING
 
Civil Societies and Collective Action
 
Eastern Socialism and Western Union
Two Processes of Social Steering

 
 
PART SIX: MODERNITY AND EUROPE: SIX QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS

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