Transatlantic divide [[electronic resource] ] : comparing American and European society / / editor, Alberto Martinelli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778277403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-383-03437-0; 1-281-14875-X; 9786611148751; 0-19-152543-X; 1-4356-1387-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MartinelliAlberto
• Disciplina: 306.09409045
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF GRAPHS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 The European Union and the United States as two variants of Western modernity; 2 The economic sphere; 3 Inequality; 4 Family; 5 Politics and institutional architectures; 6 Welfare; 7 Value change; 8 Religion; 9 Cities; 10 The American and the European models of society: not so different after all; Appendix with a synthetic picture of the most relevant trends; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the contemporary world. This volume ; describes, interprets, and analyzes the key social trends in the EU and the USA over the last 50 years. - ;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 contemporary world, roughly equivalent in terms of GNP, market size and