Bücher der Reihe Studies in European Sociology

This book constitutes a unique stock-taking of many of the central issues in European social integration and disintegration today.

Using the findings from attitude surveys in Europe East and West, the US and Australasia, this book shows that, contrary to the claims of experts and policy-makers, the welfare state is highly popular amongst citizens.

Examines whether citizens support the value script of the European Union and whether there are differences between old and new member states and candidate countries. This book highlights cultural differences by referring to modernization theory and forecasts the political consequences of a possible cultural overstretch of the European Union.

Tackles useful questions on Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. Exploring expressions of European self-understanding in a way that challenges ideological notions of the 'clash of civilizations', this work draws on scholarship that shows how Europe and Asia were mutually linked in history, and in contemporary perspective.

Explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in different European countries. This book highlights the internal diversity of both minority and majority populations and critically analyses the political and institutional responses to the presence of Muslims.

This book brings together many of the leading experts in the field to ask whether recent developments in Europe have brought about a higher level of integration or are causing increased divergence and differences between countries.

Offers students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, activists and interested non-specialists with an understanding of contemporary discussion, analysis and theorizing of issues pertaining to conflict, citizenship and civil society.

This book¿s examination of German-Turkish relations reveals the mutually formative processes of religious identities and institutions. Definition of identity and regulation of community have always been based on religion, except during the middle twentieth century, which is mistakenly treated as normative for being identified with the secularism of the nation-state.

This is a major new book on the question of Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. The contributors show, from a variety of different perspectives, that the conventional equation of Europe with the West must be questioned.

Art matters. It affects us in our daily lives, and is full of meanings which are valuable to all of us. A catalyst for social interactions, art may either cause public conflict and create dissensions, or facilitate mutual understanding and strengthen collective bonds. This collection of original contributions from international, interdisciplinary experts explores particular case studies to deeply analyse artistic practices. Comprising eleven chapters relating to different art forms, each chapter in this volume offers an original perspective conveying a deep understanding of artistic practices as arrays of specific activities in contemporary art worlds.

This edited collection offers an empirical exploration of social memory in the context of politics, war, identity and culture. With a substantive focus on Eastern Europe, it employs the methodologies of visual studies, content and discourse analysis, in-depth interviews and surveys to substantiate how memory narratives are composed and rewritten in changing ideological and political contexts.