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Description for Europe Enlarged
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The expansion of the European Union (EU) has put an end to the East-West division of Europe. At the same time it has increased the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU, exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployment rates in some of the new member states. This important new reference work describes the education systems, labour markets and welfare production regimes in the 10 new Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. In three comparative chapters, discussing each of these domains in turn, the editors provide a set of theory-driven, comprehensive and informative indicators ... Read more
The expansion of the European Union (EU) has put an end to the East-West division of Europe. At the same time it has increased the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU, exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployment rates in some of the new member states. This important new reference work describes the education systems, labour markets and welfare production regimes in the 10 new Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. In three comparative chapters, discussing each of these domains in turn, the editors provide a set of theory-driven, comprehensive and informative indicators ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847420640
SKU
V9781847420640
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Ref
99-50
About Irena Kogan
Irena Kogan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg. Her main research interests include social stratification, immigration and inequality in comparative perspective. Michael Gebel is a researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His main research interests include labour market sociology, especially the school-to-work transition and the role of atypical employment. Clemens Noelke is ... Read more
Reviews for Europe Enlarged
"Europe Enlarged is essential reading for anyone interested in the social transformation of Europe at the turn of the millennium. An understanding of this transformation is of great historical interest and will be of value for the future development of other countries." Robert Erikson, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research