{"product_id":"the-routledge-international-handbook-of-european-social-transformations-9781472477941","title":"The Routledge International Handbook of European","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 transformation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The epoch of neo-liberalism since the late 1970s has been a period of fundamental social transformations leading to shifts in all areas of society. The editors of this path-breaking handbook have assembled a team of scholars, who examine the social, institutional, spatial and temporal dimensions of social transformation as experienced in Eastern Europe and the European Union, and link these both to social theory and to global processes of transformation. This is an important book that could help reframe the social sciences for the 21st century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Castles\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of transformation studies, reaching out from post-communist \"transitology\" to structural changes of the EU and global capitalism, including both macro, meso, and micro level research. A must-read for specialists and students as well as general readers interested in the epochal change the world is undergoing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePekka Sulkunen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Contributors, Introduction: Mapping European Social Transformations (\u003cem\u003eMarju Lauristin, Anu Masso and Signe Opermann\u003c\/em\u003e), PART I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches, 1.1. Theoretical Approaches to Post-Communist Transformations in Europe (\u003cem\u003eRaj Kollmorgen\u003c\/em\u003e) 1.2. Evolving Approaches to the Analysis of Central and Eastern European Capitalism (\u003cem\u003eElena Iankova\u003c\/em\u003e) 1.3. Methodological Solutions for Comparative Research on Transformations (\u003cem\u003eBorut Rončević, Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič and Victor Cepoi\u003c\/em\u003e) 1.4. Varieties and Patterns of Post-Communist Transformations: A Qualitative Comparative Retrospective Scenario Analysis (\u003cem\u003eZenonas Norkus\u003c\/em\u003e) 1.5. The Concept of Refraction and the Narrative Approach to Exploring Multi-Level Social Reform Initiatives: Conceptual and Methodological Issues (\u003cem\u003eRain Mikser and Ivor Goodson\u003c\/em\u003e) PART II: Post-Communist Transformations 2.1. Capitalism by Design (\u003cem\u003eAnders Åslund\u003c\/em\u003e) 2.2. The Development of Political Systems in Post-Communist Countries (\u003cem\u003eVello Pettai\u003c\/em\u003e) 2.3. Decline of Liberal Constitutionalism in East Central Europe (\u003cem\u003eGrażyna Skąpska\u003c\/em\u003e) 2.4. Social Stratification and Inequalities in Eastern and Central Europe (\u003cem\u003eEllu Saar and Avo Trumm\u003c\/em\u003e) 2.5. Social Transformations, Housing and Socio-Economic Segregation in the Fast-Track Reform Countries (\u003cem\u003eTiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak and Kristiina Kukk\u003c\/em\u003e) 2.6. Lifestyle Governance: Micro-Level Social Transformation (\u003cem\u003eTriin Vihalemm and Margit Keller\u003c\/em\u003e) PART III: Institutional Drivers of Social Transformations in the European Union 3.1. Trajectories of Attitudes towards European Integration: The New Member States and beyond (\u003cem\u003eHenri Vogt\u003c\/em\u003e) 3.2. Environmental Problems as Drivers of Economic and Social Transformation in Europe (\u003cem\u003ePeter Preisendörfer\u003c\/em\u003e) 3.3. Notes on Spatial Transformation in Post-Cold War Europe and the Territory Work of the European Union (\u003cem\u003eSami Moisio and Juho Luukkonen\u003c\/em\u003e) 3.4. Innovation (Policy) and Transformative Change in the European Union (\u003cem\u003eErkki Karo and Rainer Kattel\u003c\/em\u003e) PART IIII: European Transformations in the Context of Global Processes 4.1. Time-Space Compression and the Remaking of European Topologies (\u003cem\u003eBarney Warf\u003c\/em\u003e) 4.2. Mediatisation: The Transformation of Everyday Life and Social Relations, Institutions and Enterprises, Culture and Society in the Context of Media Change (\u003cem\u003eFriedrich Krotz\u003c\/em\u003e) 4.3. Migration and Social Transformation (T\u003cem\u003ehomas Faist, Mustafa Aksakal and Kerstin Schmidt\u003c\/em\u003e) 4.4. 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