Böcker av Goran Therborn

Why are cities centres of power? A sociological analysis of urban politics

A global panorama of liberal democracies from a renowned social theorist.

* Written by an author of international stature, very well-known in the worlds of sociology and politics and in left-of-centre politics.

To what extent is the period 1945-2000 producing fundamental change and what are the areas of continuity? Have the societies of Europe become more similar to others on the globe or more distinctively European? What are the prospects of Europe after decades of postwar change and the end of the Cold War? This title addresses these questions.

This work provides a global history and sociology, and a comparative political analysis of the family as an institution It focuses on: the rights and powers of fathers and husbands; marriage, cohabitation and extra-marital sexuality; and on fertility and birth-control.