03280nam 2200673Ia 450 991045211380332120200520144314.01-281-14875-X97866111487510-19-152543-X1-4356-1387-2(CKB)1000000000481409(EBL)416005(OCoLC)437096430(SSID)ssj0000261214(PQKBManifestationID)11212428(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261214(PQKBWorkID)10256491(PQKB)11447995(MiAaPQ)EBC416005(Au-PeEL)EBL416005(CaPaEBR)ebr10212054(CaONFJC)MIL114875(EXLCZ)99100000000048140920070730d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransatlantic divide[electronic resource] comparing American and European society /editor, Alberto MartinelliOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920453-5 0-19-920452-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXThe 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 andSocial history20th centuryUnited StatesCivilization1945-European Union countriesCivilization20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-European Union countriesSocial conditions20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government20th centuryEuropean Union countriesPolitics and government20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions1945-European Union countriesEconomic conditions20th centuryElectronic books.Social history306.09409045Martinelli Alberto304582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452113803321Transatlantic divide2110045UNINA