Handbook of European Societies

Stefan Immerfall is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Education at Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany. He graduated from Ruhr University in Germany, and received his doctorate and his second doctorate from the University of Passau, Germany. Among his publications are Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences (with Hermann Kurthen and Antonio Menendez), Europa - politisches Einigungswerk und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung (2006), The New Politics of the Right: Neo-Populist Parties and Movements in Established Democracies (with Hans-Georg Betz, 1988), Territoriality in the Globalizing Society (1998), and Die westeuropaischen Gesellschaften im Vergleich (with Stefan Hradil, 1997). Besides European integration, his research topics include political economy and political sociology. Goran Therborn is the Director of Research and Professor and Chair Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that, he was the Co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences for 10 years, and Professor of Sociology at Goteborg University in Sweden, and Professor of Political Science at the Catholic University in The Netherlands. His writings include the following books: Science Class and Society (l976), What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules? (l978), The Ideology of Power of and the Power of Ideology (l980), Why Some Peoples Are More Unemployed than Others (l986), European Modernity and Beyond (l995), Between Sex and Power. Family in the World, l900-2000 (2004), Inequalities of the World (2006), and From Marxism to Postmarixsm? (2009) His works have been translated into more than twenty languages. Currently, he is pursuing comparative global studies, and in particular, a project on the capital cities of the world.

Aus den Rezensionen: "... Dabei konzentriert man sich auf die Rolle der politischen Parteien und Interessengruppen sowie auf das Verhaltnis subnationaler politischer Einrichtungen zur Burgerschaft. Das Ergebnis ist eine durchaus interessante Kompilation von Beitragen, deren Qualitat allerdings stark variiert..." (John Loughlin/Frank Hendriks/Anders Lidstrom, in: ZSE Zeitschrift fur Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 2012, Vol. 10, Issue 2, S. 293 f.)

• Introduction.- Stefan Immerfall and Göran Therborn.- Chapter 1: Associations and CommunityStefan Immerfall, Eckhard Priller, and Jan Delhey.- Chapter 2: Bureaucracy and the StateGuy B. Peters.- Chapter 3: Cities, Patrick Le Galès and Göran Therborn.- Chapter 4: Political Transformations, Sten Berglund and Joakim Ekman.- Chapter 5: Collective ActionDieter Rucht.- Chapter 6: Crime and Justice, Rosemary Barberet and Matti Joutsen.- Chapter 7: Culture, Jürgen Gerhards .- Chapter 8: Education, Walter Müller and Irena Kogan.- Chapter 9: Elites and Power Structure, Michael Hartmann.- Chapter 10: Identity, Stefan Immerfall, Klaus Boehnke, and Dirk Baier.- Chapter 11: Leisure and Consumption, Jukka Gronow and Dale Southerton .- Chapter 12: Life Course, Heather Hofmeister.- Chapter 13: PopulationTony Fahey.- Chapter 14: Religion and Churches, Roberto Cipriani.- Chapter 15: Sexuality and Family Formation, Elina Haavio-Mannila and Anna Rotkirch.- Chapter 16: Stratification and Social Mobility, Péter Róbert.- Chapter 17: Transnationality, Steffen Mau and Sebastian Büttner.- Chapter 18: Welfare States, Thomas Bahle, Jürgen Kohl, and Claus Wendt.- Chapter 19: Well-being and Inequality, Petra Böhnke and Ulrich Kohler.- Chapter 20: Conclusion: European Integration and the Elusive European Dream, Stefan Immerfall and Göran Therborn.