Networking Europe: Essays on Regionalism and Social Democracy (Liverpool University Press - Studies in European Regional Cultures)

Based on papers given at annual symposia held at Freudenstadt throughout the 1990s, this book contributes to a view of the future of the European Union that stresses the need for more democracy and for a conception of Europe that emphasizes its diversity. A wide range of issues are explored: inter-regional partnerships; working-class experience in the regions; questions of heritage and identity; European policies such as the Social Chapter and the Single Market; women’s work and life; and issues stemming from racism such as the integration of refugees.

"The book is a rich mine of information and ideas... essays which collectively have a good balance of theory and empiricism, and individually sustain interest more than enough to make the reader wish to have been there to hear them delivered in their original form."—Regional and Federal Studies