03146nam 2200757Ia 450 991082433690332120200520144314.01-383-03437-01-281-14875-X97866111487510-19-152543-X1-4356-1387-210.1093/oso/9780199204526.001.0001(CKB)1000000000481409(EBL)416005(OCoLC)437096430(SSID)ssj0000261214(PQKBManifestationID)11212428(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261214(PQKBWorkID)10256491(PQKB)11447995(Au-PeEL)EBL416005(CaPaEBR)ebr10212054(CaONFJC)MIL114875(Au-PeEL)EBL7037696(MiAaPQ)EBC416005(OCoLC)1406780885(StDuBDS)9781383034370(EXLCZ)99100000000048140920070730d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransatlantic divide comparing American and European society /editor, Alberto MartinelliOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (364 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2007.0-19-920453-5 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.Oxford scholarship online.Social 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 centurySocial history306.09409045Martinelli Alberto304582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824336903321Transatlantic divide4083191UNINA