In order to better understand processes of European integration, this book offers a new perspective that compares past experiences of change to current transitional moments at the European level. It addresses key questions about European society, EU integration and social change to reveal the social construction of emergent polities and societies.
S. Börner
Historical sociology European integration European society social change national European Union social movements desegregation EU integration European Integration European Union (EU) Integration Nation Policy social policy
"The political crisis in Europe is forcing an expanded vision of the field of EU studies in which the relation of polity building to underlying social forces is re-examined. Drawing together a first class set of authors, this volume establishes new resources for answering difficult questions about the confused past, contested present, and possible futures of the European Union."
- Adrian Favell, Sciences Po, France