Seymour Martin Lipset

Continental Divide

The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada

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Produktbeschreibung

Seymour Martin Lipset's highly acclaimed work explores the distinctive character of American and Canadian values and institutions. Lipset draws material from a number of sources: historical accounts, critical interpretations of art, aggregate statistics and survey data, as well as studies of law, religion and government. Drawing a vivid portrait of the two countries, Continental Divide represents some of the best comparative social and political research available.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 158mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780415903851
• ISBN-10: 0415903858
• Artikelnr.: 21252072

Autorenporträt

Seymour Martin Lipset was professor emeritus of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was past president of both the American Political Science Association and the American Sociological Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Revolution and Counter-revolution: The Introduction 2. The American Ideology 3. The Canandian Identity 4. Literature and Myths: Canadian Perspectives 5. The Impact of Religion 6. Law and Deviance 7. Economic Behaviour and Culture 8. Government
Welfare
and Philanthropy 9. Social Stratification
Trade Unions
and Politics 10. Mosaic and Melting Pot 11. Center Periphery 12. Still Whig
Still Tory NotesBibliography Index