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Europe's promise : why the European way is the best hope in an insecure age / Steven Hill.

LIBRA HN373.5 .H55 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hill, Steven, 1958-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social conditions.
Europe--Social conditions--21st century.
Europe.
Europe--Politics and government--21st century.
Politics and government.
Physical Description:
xiv, 472 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
Summary:
A quiet revolution has been occurring in post-World War II Europe. A world power has emerged across the Atlantic that is recrafting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic security, environmental sustainability, and global stability. In Europe's Promise, Steven Hill explains Europe's bold new vision, shattering myths and showing how Europe has taken the lead in this make-or-break century challenged by a worldwide economic crisis and global warming.
Contents:
Part 1 Social Capitalist Europe
1 The Rise of the European Way 15
2 The Capitalist Engine That Huffed and Puffed... 33
3 Europe's Secret Advantage: Economic Democracy 53
4 Family Values, European Style 72
5 The Myth of the Overtaxed European and Other Modern Fables 93
6 The Economic Crash of 2008-9: Wall Street Capitalism vs. Social Capitalism 107
Part 2 Healthy Europe
7 The European Way of Health 125
8 La Sant ̌d'abord: The Formal Health Care System 136
Part 3 Sustainable Europe
9 Windmills, Tides, and Solar Besides: The European Way of Energy 157
10 Revolution on Wheels: The European Way of Transportation 179
Part 4 Global Europe
11 The Reluctant Superpower: Transatlantic Rupture and the Post-9/11 World 197
12 The European Way of Foreign Policy, Put to the Test 215
Part 5 Pluralist Europe
13 The Legacy of Luther and Cromwell: Political Democracy in Europe 239
14 Consensus Building through Dynamic Democracy 258
Part 6 The Concept Of "Europe"
15 Sticky Glue, Social Contracts, and Fulcrum Institutions 277
Part 7 Will Europe Survive?
16 The Challenges of Immigration and Integration 301
17 A European Civil Rights Movement Arises-Sort Of 319
18 The Dilemma of Population Decline: "Where are all the children?" 339.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780520248571
0520248570
9780520261372
0520261372
OCLC:
317461757

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