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United in Diversity? - Comparing Social Models in Europe and America (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,183
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United in Diversity? - Comparing Social Models in Europe and America (Hardcover, New): Jens Alber, Neil Gilbert

United in Diversity? - Comparing Social Models in Europe and America (Hardcover, New)

Jens Alber, Neil Gilbert

Series: International Policy Exchange Series

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Since the advent of the European Union, politicians have increasingly emphasized the notion of a European social model as an alternative to the American form of market capitalism, which is seen as promoting economic growth without regard for solidarity and social progress. As this political discourse has advanced, social scientists and academic policy analysts have raised questions concerning the extent to which the E.U. and U.S. social models exist outside the minds of diplomats and politicians seeking to stitch together a common identity. How much unity is there still within Europe after the Eastern enlargements have considerably increased economic and cultural diversity? To whatever extent one might discern a distinct set of commonalities that represent the core of a European approach, how different are the European characteristics of social, economic, and political life from those of America?
Addressing these issues, this book systematically analyzes how much European countries and the United States have in common and how much variation we find within the enlarged European Union in eight central spheres of socio-economic and political life: employment, equality/mobility, educational opportunity, integration of immigrants, democratic functioning, political participation, rights to welfare, and levels of public spending. Drawing on empirical analyses by U.S. and European scholars who represent multi-disciplinary backgrounds, each of these topics is put under scrutiny. The results of this study illuminate points of convergence and divergence as seen from the perspectives of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: International Policy Exchange Series
Release date: October 2009
First published: October 2009
Editors: Jens Alber (Professor of Sociology) • Neil Gilbert (Chernin Professor of Social Welfare)
Dimensions: 242 x 164 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 464
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-537663-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN: 0-19-537663-3
Barcode: 9780195376630

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