1. European Studies

The formation of the European public space: A long-term perspective, with special emphasis on the role of markets and civil society in shaping the public space, and on the impact of ‘civil nations’, political ideology, generational change and institutional design.

"La participación electoral en España e Italia y su interpretación desde la perspectiva del capital social" "En torno al casticismo de Europa" "The underdeveloped duty dimension of the European citizenship"

"¿Qué Europa política queremos?"

"Order of freedom and political center: The meaning and the genesis of the division of the political space between the right, the center and the left in modern politics"

"Orden de libertad, centro político y espacio simbólico: la génesis de la división del espacio político entre la derecha, el centro y la izquierda, y sus usos en la política moderna"

"The role of civil and uncivil nationalisms in the making of Europe"

"La formación de Europa: nacionalismos civiles e inciviles"

"The challenge of the European public sphere"

"El reto de la esfera pública europea"

 

Attitudes of the European public towards enlargement to the East and the problems of governance in the European Union: An interpretation based on a European-wide survey of a representative sample of around 15,000 people from all member states, in 1995 (in collaboration with Eurobarometer).

"Putting citizens first: the tasks facing Europe, her public sphere and the character of her public authority"

 

The European civil society, markets and governance. A collaborative work within a Civil Society Network (CiSoNet), formed by  a number of European scholars and institutions, including Jürgen Kocka, John Keane, Björn Wittrock, Paul Tamas, Göran Therborn, Peter Wagner and others (sponsored by the European Commission).

 

Social capital and democracy in Europe and the USA. Seminar organised within the Network on Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe (CINEFOGO), Network of Excellence supported by the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7: New Forms of Citizenship and Cultural Identities of the European Union. See Seminars, Conferences.

 

The first steps of the euro: A summing-up of the economic and political situation of the European Union (EU) in the eighteen months since the introduction of the single currency in eleven EU countries, and a discussion of ongoing trends (2000).

"The first steps of the euro, and its political implications"

"Implicaciones políticas del euro"

 

Muslim immigrants into Germany, France and Spain. A systematic comparison of the experiences of Turks in Germany, Algerians in France and Moroccans in Spain (sponsored by La Caixa Foundation) (2002-2003).

La inmigración musulmana en Europa

"La diversidad de los inmigrantes musulmanes en Europa"
"Muslims communities in Europe: policies regarding islamic practice and education in Britain, Germany and France

 

Internauts in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. See 1.2.5. The New Economy and the Information Society.

 

Water Policy and Agriculture in Europe: see 1.2.1. Energy, environment and Water Policy studies.