Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables v
4. List of figures vi
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. List of EU countries ix
7. Introduction and conceptual considerations 1
8. The European social model from a historical perspective
9. Commonalities and intra-European exchange 9
10. Political-economic models and institutional arrangements 49
11. European societies compared
12. Political-economic models and institutional arrangements 49
13. Population and family 87
14. Migration 115
15. Labour market and employment 135
16. Education 173
17. Social inequality 193
18. Quality of life 225
19. European integration and European society in the making
20. Institutional and political aspects of Europeanisation 263
21. The dynamics of inequality in Europe 285
22. Horizontal Europeanisation 303
23. Subjective Europeanisation 329
24. Conclusion: rise of a European society? 349
25. References 357
26. Index 417