1st Edition

Economic Restructuring and Social Exclusion

Edited By Phillip Brown, Rosemary Crompton Copyright 1994
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

Economic Restructuring and Social Exclusion provides a timely reminder of persisting inequalities of class, race and gender as a consequence of the changes which have engulfed Europe in less than a decade. The contributors consider key debates including democracy, social justice and citizenship. The book also examines evidence that social and economic polarization is increasing, and the... Read more

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction, Rosemary Crompton and Phillip Brown

1. Exclusion, post-Fordism and the "New Europe", Patricia Kennett

2. Flexibilization and Part-Time Work in Europe, Irene Bruegl and Ariane Hegewisch

3. Gender and Pensions in Europe: Current Trends in Women’s Pension Acquistion, Jay Ginn and Sara Arber

4. Combining Work and Family: Working Mothers in Scandinavia and the European Community, Arnlaug Leira

5. Some Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism in the "New" Europe: Rethinking Sociological Paradigms, Sheila Allen & Marie Macey

6. Race, Citizenship and "Fortress Europe", Mark Mitchell & Dave Russell

7. The Making of an Underclass: Neo-Liberalism Versus Corporation, Scott Lash

8. After the Cold War: The Defence Industry and the New Europe, John Lovering

9. The Collapse of Soviet Socialism: Legitimation, Regulation, and the New Class, Larry Ray

10. Privatization, Class and Interest Formation, Terry Cox

Index

Biography

Phillip Brown, Rosemary Crompton