Diversity, standardization and social transformation
Subtitle: gender, ethnicity and inequality in Europe
By: edited by Max Koch, Lesley McMillan and Bram Peper
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781409411253; 9781409411260
Subjects: Social conditions; Equality; Cultural pluralism; Social policy; Women's rights
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.