This title brings together some of the leading names in European sociology to look at the construction of this new European social order through changing patterns of employment and welfare and changing definitions of citizenship.

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction Martin Kohli and Mojca Novak Part I Working in Europe :Towards a New Social Model 1. International Competition, Supernatioanl Integration, National Solidarity: The Emerging Constitution of Social Europe Wolfgang Streeck 2.Will Social Europe Work? Joakim Palme 3. Gender, Class and Patterns of Inequality in Different types of Welfare States Walter Korpi 4. Employment and Labour Market Policies in South Europe Maria Petmesidou Part II Working on Europe: Constructing Identities 5.State Borders, Border Regions and the Construction of European Identity Liam O'Dowd 6.Our Time: Europe in the Age of Global Networks and Flowing Identities Risto Heiskala 7.Constructing Europe, Constructing European Citizenship: Contradictory Trends Chiara Saraceno Part III Working on Europe: Perspectives and Institutions 8.Missing a European Public Sphere üJurgen Gerhards 9.Micro-foundations of Postindustrial Transformation -Gosta Esping-Andersen 10.The Language Constellation of the European Union - Abram De Swaan 11.European Sociology or a Sociology of Europeans? - Dominique Schnapper