| Growing Apart?: America and Europe in the 21st Century Contributor(s): Kopstein, Jeffrey (Editor), Steinmo, Sven (Author) |
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ISBN: 052170491X ISBN-13: 9780521704915 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2007 Annotation: This book explores the forces pushing America away from its democratic friends and neighbors. It examines the underlying forces shaping the democratic states of the West. Individual chapters pose questions such as: Why is religion so powerful in America? How will the flow of immigration shape politics across the West? Why is Europe rejecting America??'s version of capitalism? How is the media changing in Europe and America? Why are ???Conservatives??? so different on each side of the Atlantic? And, finally, what do these competing forces portend for the future of the transatlantic relationship? |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2007013755 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (0.90 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the forces pushing America away from its democratic friends and neighbors. It examines the underlying forces shaping the democratic states of the West. Individual chapters pose questions such as: Why is religion so powerful in America? How will the flow of immigration shape politics across the West? Why is Europe rejecting America's version of capitalism? How is the media changing in Europe and America? Why are "Conservatives" so different on each side of the Atlantic? And, finally, what do these competing forces portend for the future of the transatlantic relationship? |
Contributor Bio(s): Steinmo, Sven: - Professor Sven Steinmo holds the Chair in Public Policy and Political Economy at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. He is also a Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an Honorary Professor at Odense University, Denmark. His writing includes Taxation and Democracy (Winner, 1994 Best Book Prize, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association), Structuring Politics (coedited with Kathleen Thelen), and Political Evolution and Policy Change (coedited with Bo Rothstein).Kopstein, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Kopstein is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany 1945�989, and coeditor of Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. |
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