The routledge international handbook of European social transformations / edited by Peeter Vihalemm, Anu Masso and Signe Opermann.

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Book
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English
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First edition.
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  • Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2017].
  • ©2018
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1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations, tables.

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This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics in the social sciences. The study of European social transformations is very valuable in the context of universal discussions within social sciences: explaining invariable, universal attributes of societies and examining changing attributes. The book consists of 20 chapters on European social transformations, written from the perspectives of distinguished scholars from such disciplines as economics, political science, educational science, geography, media and communication studies, public management and administration, social psychology and sociology. The temporal and spatial range of the book is wide, including such global changes as time-space compression, focusing particularly on change processes in Europe during the last two decades. The book consists of four main parts, beginning with an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches, and then focusing separately on post-communist transformations, institutional drivers of social transformations in the European Union, and European transformations in the context of global processes. The book presents current theoretical, empirical and methodological approaches that complement the scientific literature on social transformations. This book is both an invaluable resource for scholars and an indispensable teaching tool for use in the classroom and will be of interest to students, academics, and policy-makers studying how this diverse region has changed over recent years.
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 24, 2018).
Contents
  • chapter Introduction
  • Mapping European social transformations / Marju Lauristin
  • part I Theoretical and methodological approaches
  • chapter 1 Theoretical approaches to post-communist transformations in Europe / Raj Kollmorgen
  • chapter 2 Evolving approaches to the analysis of Central and Eastern European capitalism / Elena A. Iankova
  • chapter 3 Methodological solutions for comparative research on transformations / Borut Roncevic
  • chapter 4 Varieties and patterns of post-communist transformations
  • A qualitative comparative retrospective scenario analysis / Zenonas Norkus
  • chapter 5 The concept of refraction and the narrative approach to exploring multi-level social reform initiatives
  • Conceptual and methodological issues / Rain Mikser
  • part II Post-communist transformations
  • chapter 6 Capitalism by design / Anders Aslund
  • chapter 7 The development of political systems in post-communist countries / Vello Pettai
  • chapter 8 The decline of liberal constitutionalism in East Central Europe / GraZ?yna Skapska
  • chapter 9 Social stratification and inequalities in Eastern and Central Europe / Ellu Saar
  • chapter 10 Social transformations, housing and socio-economic segregation in the fast-track reform countries / Tiit Tammaru
  • chapter 11 Lifestyle governance
  • Micro-level social transformations / Triin Vihalemm
  • part III Institutional drivers of social transformations in the European Union
  • chapter 12 Trajectories of attitudes towards European integration
  • The new member states and beyond / Henri Vogt
  • chapter 13 Environmental problems as drivers of economic and social transformation in Europe / Peter Preisendo?rfer
  • chapter 14 Notes on spatial transformation in post-Cold War Europe and the territory work of the European Union / Sami Moisio
  • chapter 15 Innovation (policy) and transformative change in the European Union / Erkki Karo
  • part IV European transformations in the context of global processes
  • chapter 16 Time-space compression and the remaking of European topologies / Barney Warf
  • chapter 17 Mediatisation
  • The transformation of everyday life and social relations, institutions and enterprises, culture and society in the context of media change / Friedrich Krotz
  • chapter 18 Migration and social transformation / Thomas Faist
  • chapter 19 Social generations and societal changes / Raili Nugin.
ISBN
  • 1-317-04351-0
  • 1-317-04350-2
OCLC
1020172674
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315612942
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