Diversity, Standardization and Social Transformation: Gender, Ethnicity and Inequality in Europe

by Bram Peper, Lesley McMillan, Max Koch

Overview

Arranged around the themes of theorizing and policy-making, race, ethnicity and religion, gender, and class, inequality and welfare, this book addresses the question of whether the European Union tends towards diversification or standardization. It engages with issues of identity, citizenship and social justice, changes throughout the life course, social movements, the reconciliation of work and life, the increasing diversity of cultural values, and integration and immigration, whilst also examining questions of social inclusion and exclusion.

Presenting a general theoretical framework for the simultaneous analysis of standardization and diversification processes, alongside detailed case studies at EU and national levels, Diversity, Standardization and Social Transformation explores the interactions between national, European and regional regulatory spaces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409494652
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	01/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Max Koch is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare at Lund University, Sweden, Lesley McMillan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK and Bram Peper is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

George Ritzer, Max Koch, Lesley McMillan, Bram Peper, Mark Elchardus, Jan Petersson, Ingrid Jönsson; Sirin Sung, Maria das Dores Guerreiro, Wolfgang Aschauer, Ignace Glorieux, Ilse Laurijssen, Barbara Littlewood, M'hammed Sabour, Mara Yerkes.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface: on the dialectical relationship between standardization and diversity, George Ritzer; Introduction: contextualising, researching and debating patterns of standardization and diversity, Max Koch, Lesley McMillan and Bram Peper; Part I Theoretical and Policy Approaches: Diversity and standardization: concepts, issues and approaches, Mark Elchardus; Welfare policy at the crossroads: new trends and their implications for standardization and diversity, Jan Petersson. Part II Gender: Prostitution and trafficking in a European context: recent trends and developments, Ingrid Jönsson; Sexual violence in Europe: human rights, policies and outcomes, Lesley McMillan; Standardization or diversity in European welfare regimes? The case of work-family policies in the UK and Portugal, Sirin Sung and Maria das Dores Guerreiro. Part III Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity: Which societal developments lead to ethnic prejudice in Western European societies?, Wolfgang Aschauer; The labour market integration of the children of immigrants in Flanders, Belgium, Ignace Glorieux and Ilse Laurijssen; Diversity in Europe: the case of refugees, Barbara Littlewood; Entrepreneurship and cultural diversity in a 'homogeneous' society: the case of Finland, M'hammed Sabour. Part IV Inequality and Welfare: Diversity and standardization in European employment regulation: the case of Germany, Max Koch; The care risk in Europe: diversification and gender inequality? Mara Yerkes and Bram Peper; Diversity, standardization and the perspective of social transformation, Max Koch, Lesley McMillan and Bram Peper; Index.