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European modernity and beyond : the trajectory of European societies, 1945-2000
- Title
- European modernity and beyond : the trajectory of European societies, 1945-2000 / Göran Therborn.
- Author
- Therborn, Göran, 1941-
- Publication
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HN377 .T54 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 403 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- An overview of the trajectory of European societies, East and West, since the end of World War II. This text addresses the questions that underpin an understanding of the nature of European modernity: to what extent has the period 1945-2000 produced change and what are the areas of continuity.
- Subject
- Europa
- Since 1900
- Geschichte 1945-2000
- Conditions sociales
- Analyse historique
- Changement culturel
- Changement social
- Economic history
- Social conditions
- Gesellschaft
- Modernisierung
- Politischer Wandel
- Sozialer Wandel
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- Vergleichende Soziologie
- Sociale geschiedenis
- Sociale ontwikkeling
- Modernité
- Europe > Social conditions > 20th century
- Europe > Economic conditions > 1945-
- Europe
- Europe
- Europe > Histoire > 1945- ..
- Europe > Conditions sociales > 1945- ..
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 367-389) and index.
- Contents
- Fins de Siecle -- Pt. I. Theory and History -- 1. Structure, Culture and Modernity -- 2. Europe in Modern History -- Pt. II. Structurations -- 3. Boundaries and the Peopling of Europe -- 4. Tasks: Divisions of Labour -- 5. Rights to Claim: Membership and Welfare -- 6. Rights to Act -- Politics, Sex and Property -- 7. Means: 'The Glorious Years' -- 8. Risks and Opportunities -- Pt. III. Spacing -- 9. Cities and States -- 10. European Economic Space -- 11. Europe's Cultural Space -- Pt. IV. Enculturations -- 12. Issues of Identity -- 13. Horizons of Knowledge and Times of Belief -- 14. Values of Contemporary Modernity -- Pt. V. Collective Action and Social Steering -- 15. Civil Societies and Collective Action -- 16. Eastern Socialism and Western Union: Two Processes of Social Steering -- Pt. VI. Modernity and Europe: Six Questions and their Answers -- Envoi: Europe and the Rest of Modernity.
- ISBN
- 0803989342
- 9780803989344
- 0803989350
- 9780803989351
- LCCN
- 94074796
- OCLC
- ocm32332751
- 32332751
- SCSB-8977829
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library