{"product_id":"europe-in-love-binational-couples-and-cosmopolitan-society-9780367478568","title":"Europe in Love: Binational Couples and Cosmopolitan Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Díez Medrano Juan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - Marriage \u0026amp; Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInter-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnrestricted 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47616286458007,"sku":"9780367478568","price":13345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367478568.webp?v=1775112338","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/europe-in-love-binational-couples-and-cosmopolitan-society-9780367478568","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}