The Editors : James Kaye is currently a researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. His research addresses discourses of the home comparatively in Austria and Sweden between the latter half of the 19th and former half of the 20th century. Bo Stråth is Professor of Contemporary History in the Department of History and Civilisation/Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute Florence.
He has published widely on political and economic processes. His research focuses comparatively on modernisation and democratisation processes in Northern and Western Europe.