Description
Comprises 11 essays dealing with the ways in which the boundaries of the political have changed since the 1960s in the countries of Western Europe. Setting the contemporary situation against its longer-term historical background, examines the early establisment of the political sphere, the relationship between religious impulses and political militance, and changing concepts of public and private time under liberal and post-liberal regimes. Discusses the shifting balance between traditional political parties and new social movements. Investigates changing priorities for family policy, public health, welfare state and assesses to what degree the modern nation-state has given up or reclaimed its sovereign power in the international arena.
