Introduction
Prologue: At the End of the European Millennium
1. The Making of Contemporary Europe
Part I: The Fate of Industrialism: Industrializing, Industrial or Post-Industrial Societies?
2. Work, Households and Occupations
3. The Organization of Working Life: Between Stability and Flexibility
4. The Sectors of Employment
Part II: Changes and Diversity in the Character of Capitalism
5. Capitalism and Inequality in Work
6. The Institutions of Modern Capitalism
Part III: Sociological Liberalism and the Institutions of Traditional Community
7. The Family
8. Families, Education, and Social Mobility
9. The Paradox of Religion
10. Nations, Cultures and Ethnicities
Part IV: Citizenship
11. Democracy and Mass Participation
12. The Organization of Social Interests
13. Mass Citizenship and Welfare States
Conclusions
14. Is There a Western European Society?
15. What Kind of Society are We Now Inhabiting?