This second open access book in a series of three volumes examines the repertoire of policies and programmes led by EU Member States to engage with their nationals residing abroad. Focusing on sending states’ engagement in the area of social protection, this book shows how a series of...

Inglehart weist nach, daß zwischen Einstellungsmustern von Menschen und politischen und/oder sozioökonomischen Variablen wie zum Beispiel Demokratie, Wachstumsraten, Werten in Familien, religiösen Normen bestimmte Beziehungen bestehen. Er leitet daraus Veränderungsmuster ab, die...

Preface: why do we need another look at industrial society? -- The agricultural age: the achievements and limitations of several millennia of world history -- Building industrial society: the industrial revolution -- A new social framework -- Innovations in personal life: how deep was the...