Society and social change in 21st century Europe. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Society and social change in twenty-first century Europe
• Further Information: Note: Colin Crouch.
• Authors: Crouch, Colin, 1944-
• Contents: 1.Is there a European society? -- Europe's debatable boundaries -- Identifying sub-regions of Europe -- Conclusion -- 2.The people of Europe -- Life expectancy -- Birth rates -- Death rates -- Immigration and overall changes in population size -- Marriage and family -- Conclusion -- 3.Identities: religion and ethnicity -- European religion -- Ethnicity, immigration and cultural diversity -- Conclusion -- 4.Europeans at work -- Employment sectors organized by type of product -- Types of occupation -- Conclusion -- 5.From occupations to classes -- Occupations, income and social class -- Income inequality, taxation, transfers and public services -- Conclusion -- 6.Delineating the class structures of contemporary Europe -- Class and citizenship -- Classes and power -- Conclusion -- 7.The wider implications of class -- Education and social mobility -- Health and life expectancy -- Class and political identity -- Conclusion -- 8.How many Europes? -- Norden -- South-West Europe -- Central Eastern Europe -- Further Eastern Europe -- North-West Europe -- The anglophones -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 306.094; Political science; Sociology/General; Social change -- Europe -- History -- 21st century; Social change; Social conditions; Population & demography; Europe-Politics and government; Politics & government; Europe -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Europe; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137277824; 1137277823
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