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European modernity and beyond : the trajectory of European societies, 1945-2000 / Goran Therborn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Therborn, Göran, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Social conditions--20th century.
- Europe.
- Europe--Economic conditions--1945-.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 1995.
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book Go?ran Therborn addresses the questions that underpin an understanding of the nature of European modernity, including: To what extent is the period 1945-2000 producing fundamental change and what are the areas of continuity? Have the societies of Europe become more similar to others on the globe or more distinctively European? What are the prospects of Europe after decades of postwar change and the end of the Cold War?
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Theory and history
- pt. 2. Structurations
- pt. 3. Spacing
- pt. 4. Enculturations
- pt. 5. Collective action and social steering
- pt. 6. Modernity and Europe : six questions and their answers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 367-389) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612623530
- 9780803989344
- 0803989342
- 9781282623538
- 1282623532
- 9780857025937
- 0857025937
- OCLC:
- 638860794
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