[ecrea] New book: The Routledge International Handbook of European Social Transformations

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The Routledge International Handbook of European Social Transformations

Edited by Peeter Vihalemm, Anu Masso, Signe Opermann
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Routledge, Abingdon, New York, December 2017: 322 pages, 30 B/W 
illustrations
Hb: 9781472477941 | £140.00; ebk 9781315612942


This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics 
in the social sciences. The study of European social transformations is 
very valuable in the context of universal discussions within social 
sciences: explaining invariable, universal attributes of societies and 
examining changing attributes. The book consists of 20 chapters on 
European social transformations, written from the perspectives of 
distinguished scholars from such disciplines as economics, political 
science, educational science, geography, media and communication 
studies, public management and administration, social psychology and 
sociology. The temporal and spatial range of the book is wide, including 
such global changes as time-space compression, focusing particularly on 
change processes in Europe during the last two decades. The book 
consists of four main parts, beginning with an overview of the 
theoretical and methodological approaches, and then focusing separately 
on post-communist transformations, institutional drivers of social 
transformations in the European Union, and European transformations in 
the context of global processes. The book presents current theoretical, 
empirical and methodological approaches that complement the scientific 
literature on social transformations.

Editors
Peeter Vihalemm is a professor emeritus in media studies at the 
Institute of Social Studies of the University of Tartu (Estonia). Anu 
Masso is a senior researcher in data studies at the Institute of Social 
Studies at the University of Tartu and a visiting researcher at the 
Social Networks at ETH Zürich.
Signe Opermann is a post-doctoral researcher in media sociology at the 
Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu (Estonia).
Reviews
"The epoch of neo-liberalism since the late 1970s has been a period of 
fundamental social transformations leading to shifts in all areas of 
society. The editors of this path-breaking handbook have assembled a 
team of scholars, who examine the social, institutional, spatial and 
temporal dimensions of social transformation as experienced in Eastern 
Europe and the European Union, and link these both to social theory and 
to global processes of transformation. This is an important book that 
could help reframe the social sciences for the 21st century."
Stephen Castles, University of Sydney, Australia.

"A comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of transformation studies, 
reaching out from post-communist "transitology" to structural changes of 
the EU and global capitalism, including both macro, meso, and micro 
level research. A must-read for specialists and students as well as 
general readers interested in the epochal change the world is undergoing."
Pekka Sulkunen, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Contents
Introduction: Mapping European Social Transformations (Marju Lauristin, 
Anu Masso and Signe Opermann)
PART I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
1.1. Theoretical Approaches to Post-Communist Transformations in Europe 
(Raj Kollmorgen)
1.2. Evolving Approaches to the Analysis of Central and Eastern European 
Capitalism (Elena Iankova)
1.3. Methodological Solutions for Comparative Research on 
Transformations (Borut Rončević, Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič and 
Victor Cepoi)
1.4. Varieties and Patterns of Post-Communist Transformations: A 
Qualitative Comparative Retrospective Scenario Analysis (Zenonas Norkus)
1.5. The Concept of Refraction and the Narrative Approach to Exploring 
Multi-Level Social Reform Initiatives: Conceptual and Methodological 
Issues (Rain Mikser and Ivor Goodson)
PART II: Post-Communist Transformations
2.1. Capitalism by Design (Anders Åslund)
2.2. The Development of Political Systems in Post-Communist Countries 
(Vello Pettai)
2.3. Decline of Liberal Constitutionalism in East Central Europe 
(Grażyna Skąpska)
2.4. Social Stratification and Inequalities in Eastern and Central 
Europe (Ellu Saar and Avo Trumm)
2.5. Social Transformations, Housing and Socio-Economic Segregation in 
the Fast-Track Reform Countries (Tiit Tammaru, Szymon Marcińczak and 
Kristiina Kukk)
2.6. Lifestyle Governance: Micro-Level Social Transformation (Triin 
Vihalemm and Margit Keller)
PART III: Institutional Drivers of Social Transformations in the 
European Union
3.1. Trajectories of Attitudes towards European Integration: The New 
Member States and beyond (Henri Vogt)
3.2. Environmental Problems as Drivers of Economic and Social 
Transformation in Europe (Peter Preisendörfer)
3.3. Notes on Spatial Transformation in Post-Cold War Europe and the 
Territory Work of the European Union (Sami Moisio and Juho Luukkonen)
3.4. Innovation (Policy) and Transformative Change in the European Union 
(Erkki Karo and Rainer Kattel)
PART IIII: European Transformations in the Context of Global Processes
4.1. Time-Space Compression and the Remaking of European Topologies 
(Barney Warf)
4.2. Mediatisation: The Transformation of Everyday Life and Social 
Relations, Institutions and Enterprises, Culture and Society in the 
Context of Media Change (Friedrich Krotz)
4.3. Migration and Social Transformation (Thomas Faist, Mustafa Aksakal 
and Kerstin Schmidt)
4.4. Social Generations and Societal Changes (Raili Nugin and Veronika 
Kalmus)

For more details, please contact Alice Salt, Editorial Assistant, 
(alice.salt /at/ tandf.co.uk); to request a copy for review, please see: 
http://pages.email.taylorandfrancis.com/review-copy-request

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