Transatlantic divide : comparing American and European society

Transatlantic divide : comparing American and European society /

"The book describes, interprets, and analyzes the key features of European society and American society and major social trends in the United States and in the European Union in the last 50 years. The United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the c...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Martinelli, Alberto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Social history > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > 1945-
European Union countries > Civilization > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
European Union countries > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
European Union countries > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
European Union countries > Economic conditions > 20th century.
European Economic Community countries > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The European Union and the United States as two variants of Western modernity / Alberto Martinelli
  • The economic sphere / Antonio M. Chiesi
  • Inequality / Paul W. Kingston and Laura M. Holian
  • Family / Theodore Caplow and Salustiano Del Campo
  • Politics and institutional architectures / Alberto Martinelli
  • Welfare / Gérard Cornilleau
  • Value change / Michel Forsé and Maxime Parodi
  • Religion / Mathias Bös and Kai Hebel
  • Cities / Patrick Le Galès and Mathieu Zagrodzki-- The American and the European models of society : not so different after all / Alberto Martinelli
  • Appendix with a synthetic picture of the most relevent trends / Laurence Duboys Fresney.

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