An investigation of social divisions in Europe, providing broad coverage of the important issues. The book explores options for European integration and implications for social justice, citizenship, democracy and East European market reform.

Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction/Rosemat Crow,ton & Thitlip Bnum -- 1 Exciuson, post-Fordism and the "New Europe"/Patricia Kennett -- 2 Flexibilizanon and part-time work in Europe/irene Bruegel & Ariane Hegewisch -- 3 Gender and pensions in Europe: current trends in women's pension acquisition/Jay Ginn & Sara Arber, -- 4 Combining work and family working mothers in Scandinavia and the European Community/Arnlaug Leira -- 5 Some issues of race, ethnicity and nationalism in the "New" Europe: rethinking sociological paradigms/Sheila Alleii & Mime Mxey -- 6 Race, citizenship and "Fortress Europe"/Mark Mitchell & Dava Russell -- 7 The making of an underclass: neo-liberalism versus corporatism/Scott Lash -- 8 Afer the Cold War: the defence industry and the New Europe/John Lovering -- 9 The collapse of Soviet socialism: legitimation, regulation, and the new class/Larry Ray -- 10 Privañzation, class and interest formation in eastern Europe/Terry Cox -- Index.