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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Steven, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise of the European way
  • The capitalist engine that huffed and puffed
  • Europe's secret advantage : economic democracy
  • Family values, European style
  • The myth of the overtaxed European and other modern fables
  • The economic crash of 2008-9 : Wall Street capitalism vs. social capitalism
  • The European way of health
  • La Sante d'abord : the formal health care system
  • Windmills, tides, and solar besides : the European way of energy
  • Revolution on wheels : the European way of transportation
  • The reluctant superpower : transatlantic rupture and the post-9/11 world
  • The European way of foreign policy, put to the test
  • The legacy of Luther and Cromwell : political democracy in Europe
  • Consensus building through dynamic democracy
  • Sticky glue, social contracts, and fulcrum institutions
  • The challenges of immigration and integration
  • A European civil rights movement arises: sort of
  • The dilemma of population decline : "where are all the children?"