Marinus Ossewaarde is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is the author of Tocqueville's Moral and Political Thought: New Liberalism (London: Routledge, 2004). He has published articles on Europe-related topics in journals like Current Sociology, Critical Sociology, European Journal of Social Theory, European Societies, Sociology and The European Legacy.
Marinus Ossewaarde is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is the author of Tocqueville's Moral and Political Thought: New Liberalism (London: Routledge, 2004). He has published articles on Europe-related topics in journals like Current Sociology, Critical Sociology, European Journal of Social Theory, European Societies, Sociology and The European Legacy.

Introduction
1. The Idea of Europe: Past and Present
2. Sociology and the Image of European Societies
3. The Modernization of European Societies
4. The Individualization of European Societies
5. The Industrialization of European Societies
6. The Rationalization of European Societies
7. The Globalization of European Societies
Conclusion
Glossary
Index.