European Populations : Unity in Diversity

1. Europe and its population: the long view -- 1.1. The flawed goddess -- 1.2. Time and scale: the long past -- 1.3. Europe: concepts and limits -- 1.4. Time, space, and population: the long future -- 1.5. From the pantheon -- 2. Les nouveaux modes de planification de la famille en Europe -- 2.1. Les changements les plus significatifs -- 2.2. Les perspectives -- 3. Who is working in Europe? -- 3.1. From work to non-work: an introduction -- 3.2. General frame of reference -- 3.3. Differentiating jobs and workers -- 3.4. Individual and household features in relation to the labour market -- 3.5. The changing pattern of the labour life cycle -- 3.6. Future trends and foreseeable problems -- 3.7. A brief conclusion -- 4. Migration pressures on Europe -- 4.1. Comment on a definition which cannot be avoided -- 4.2. Objectives and contents -- 4.3. Basic trends: the global context -- 4.4. Basic trends in the old continent: can we really speak of migration pressures on Europe? -- 4.5. Issues of the late 1990s: a review of challenges faced by Europe -- 4.6. Conclusions: does Europe still need migrants? -- List of authors.