European Modernity and Beyond The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000 [Hardcover]

Combining theoretical depth with factual analysis, G?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?

Issues covered include the division of paid and unpaid labour,In this book one of Europe's foremost sociologists offers a profound and accessible overview of the trajectory of European societies, East and West, since the end of World War II.

Combining theoretical depth with factual analysis, G?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?

Issues covered include the division of paid and unpaid labour,`There is a dearth of serious, analytical informed sociological accounts of the significance of modern Europe. Yet there is a wealth of data available and a core theoretical tradition of historical sociology and comparative analysis. Therborn's book is an impressive marriage of painstakingly collected and superbly organised information with directing theory. He calls it sociological history and says it is ailÓ}