ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part I|36 pages
Theoretical and Policy Approaches
part II|54 pages
Gender
part III|78 pages
Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity
part IV|48 pages
Inequality and Welfare