Handbook of European Societies Social Transformations in the 21st Ce
European integration is one of the most ambitious and socially far-reaching developments in world politics and in world economics. Against growing opposition and despite increasing social heterogeneity, the European Union continues to expand and to acquir
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Stefan Immerfall · Göran Therborn Editors
Handbook of European Societies Social Transformations in the 21st Century
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Editors Stefan Immerfall Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education Institut für Humanwissenschaften - Soziologie Oberbettringerstr. 200 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany [email protected]
Göran Therborn Department of Sociology University of Cambridge Free School Lane Cambridge United Kingdom CB2 3RQ [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-387-88198-0 e-ISBN 978-0-387-88199-7 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-88199-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939454 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgement
Support of the Wissenschaftszentrum/Social Science Center Berlin (WZB) for this handbook is gratefully acknowledged.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Immerfall and Göran Therborn References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Association and Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Immerfall, Eckhard Priller, and Jan Delhey 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 The (Re-)discovery of Civic Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Social Participation, Individual Characteristics and Social Ties 2.4 Patterns, Types and Scope of European Volunteerism . . . . . 2.5 Explanation of Country-Specific Similarities and Differences . 2.6 Trust – Bonding Europeans Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 Bureaucracy and the State . . . . . . . . . . B. Guy Peters 3.1 The Logic of Bureaucracy . . . . . . . 3.2 Explaining Bureaucratic Patterns . . . . 3.3 State Traditions and Bureaucracy . . . . 3.4 A European Bureaucracy? . . . . . . . 3.5 Administrative Reform and Convergence 3.6 Market Reforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 Reform as Participation . . . . . . . . . 3.8 Convergence Through Reform? . . . . . 3.9 The End of Bureaucracy? . . . . . . . . 3.10 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . .
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