The Making of the European Union: Contributions of the Social Sciences

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Servants of Power or Providers of Indispensable Ideas? The Role of Scientists and the Use of Social Science in the Making of the European Union*....Pages 3-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Economic Integration and the Welfare State: The Corridor Model as a Strategy for an European Social Policy....Pages 25-42
Preconditions for the Success of the European Monetary Union....Pages 43-65
Freeing the Market through Declining Trade Unions or Loss of an Important Integrating Institution?....Pages 67-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Social Citizenship, Work and Care — Social Differentiation among Women in an EU- Context....Pages 97-121
Social Exclusion and Poverty in Europe: New Social Problems and New Priorities for Social Research....Pages 123-153
The Contribution of Spatial Planning to Social Cohesion in the European Union....Pages 155-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
The Constitutionalisation and Democratisation of the European Union: Political Science between Interpretation and Prescription....Pages 175-197
Policy Networks in Europe: Challenges for Democratic Organization and Citizen Voice in the European Process....Pages 199-219
A European Internal and Security Policy: Freedom of Movement for Whom?....Pages 221-239
Deficit of Confidence within European Democracies....Pages 241-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Alternative European Models of Women’s Roles in the Family and the Labour Market....Pages 265-286
Education and Labour Market Outcomes: Commonality or Divergence?*....Pages 287-308
Immigration to Europe and its Consequences for the Host Societies....Pages 309-329
Education and Political Socialisation between National Identity and European Citizenship....Pages 331-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
The Model of Science and Research Policy of the European Union in Perspective....Pages 363-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-394