" ...there is much to commend this book, most of the material is difficult or impossible to obtain in English." Journal of Common Market Studies

• List of figures and tables Series Editor's Preface Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Acknowledgements List of contributors 1. Social Europe: unity and diversity - an introduction - Joe Bailey Part One: Changing Social Structures 2. Social stratification in Europe - Howard H.Davis 3. Industrial structure and performance: common challenges- diverse experiences - Christel Lane 4. Europe's ageing population- demographic trends - John Simons 5. Gender and Europe: cultural and structural impediments to change - Angela Glasner 6. Race and ethnicity in Europen -John Rex Part Two: Responding to Social Institutions 7. A crazy quilt: education, training and social change in Europe - Lynne Chisholm 8. Trade unions in Europe - Ian Procter 9. Crime and cross-border policing in Europe; Social Europe - Michael Levi and Mike Maguire 10. From AIDS to Alzheimer's: policy and politics in setting new health agendas - Bridget Towers 11. God and Caesar: religion in a rapidly changing Europe - Grace Davie 12. Leisure :jeux sans frontieres or major European industry? - Stan Clark Index

" ...there is much to commend this book, most of the material is difficult or impossible to obtain in English." Journal of Common Market Studies

• List of figures and tables Series Editor's Preface Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Acknowledgements List of contributors 1. Social Europe: unity and diversity - an introduction - Joe Bailey Part One: Changing Social Structures 2. Social stratification in Europe - Howard H.Davis 3. Industrial structure and performance: common challenges- diverse experiences - Christel Lane 4. Europe's ageing population- demographic trends - John Simons 5. Gender and Europe: cultural and structural impediments to change - Angela Glasner 6. Race and ethnicity in Europen -John Rex Part Two: Responding to Social Institutions 7. A crazy quilt: education, training and social change in Europe - Lynne Chisholm 8. Trade unions in Europe - Ian Procter 9. Crime and cross-border policing in Europe; Social Europe - Michael Levi and Mike Maguire 10. From AIDS to Alzheimer's: policy and politics in setting new health agendas - Bridget Towers 11. God and Caesar: religion in a rapidly changing Europe - Grace Davie 12. Leisure :jeux sans frontieres or major European industry? - Stan Clark Index