Europe in Love: Binational Couples and Cosmopolitan Society Contributor(s): Díez Medrano, Juan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367478579 ISBN-13: 9780367478575 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - Religion | Christian Living - Love & Marriage |
Dewey: 306.845 |
LCCN: 2020001671 |
Physical Information: (0.76 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Inter-marriage both reflects and brings social change. This book draws on a unique survey of randomly selected samples of national and European binational couples to demonstrate that the latter are core cells of a future European society. Unrestricted freedom of movement has enabled a rise in the number of lower-class and middle-class binational couples among Europeans. Euro-couples fully integrate in their host cities but secure less support in solving everyday problems than do national ones, partly because of a relatively small network of relatives living close-by. Embeddedness in a dense international network and a cosmopolitan outlook also distinguish them from national couples. The book challenges the view of cosmopolitanism as exclusively middle-class and highlights contrasts between lower-class and middle-class binational couples. Furthermore, it shows that social cosmopolitanism among binational couples is not matched by a commensurate weaker national identification that would enhance support to a more federal Europe. This book is primarily addressed to the general public interested in contemporary European society and to academics interested in inter-marriage. Since the chapters are quasi stand-alone pieces devoted to specific topics, it provides suitable reading material for social stratification, social networks, civil society, popular culture, and European integration undergraduate and graduate courses. |