Sven Steinmo

Growing Apart?

Ed. by Jeffrey Kopstein and Sven Steinmo

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many thought the 21st century would witness political, economic and even ideological convergence amongst the countries of the West. This has not happened. Today we see America 'growing apart' from her democratic allies and neighbors. Growing Apart shows how the social, political, and economic forces shaping advanced democratic states are pushing America in different directions from the rest of the democratic world and argues that these changes are not the product of any particular president or government. This volume brings together a set of leading scholars who each examine the evolution of different social, political, and economic forces shaping Europe and America. It is the first book to unite the international relations scholarship on transatlantic relations with the comparative politics literature on the varieties of capitalism. Taken together, the essays in this volume address whether the 'West' will continue to remain a coherent entity in the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780521704915
• ISBN-10: 052170491X
• Artikelnr.: 23040029

Autorenporträt

Professor Sven Steinmo holds the Chair in Public Policy and Political Economy at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. He is also a Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an Honorary Professor at Odense University, Denmark. His writing includes Taxation and Democracy (Winner, 1994 Best Book Prize, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association), Structuring Politics (coedited with Kathleen Thelen), and Political Evolution and Policy Change (coedited with Bo Rothstein).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: growing apart? America and Europe in the 21st century Sven Steinmo and Jeffrey Kopstein; 1. The religious divide: why religion seems to be thriving in the United States and waning in Europe Steven Pfaff; 2. Value change in Europe and North America: convergence or something else? Christopher Cochrane, Neil Nevitte and Steve White; 3. On different planets: news media in the U.S. and Europe Donald Morrison; 4. One ring to bind them all: American power and neoliberal capitalism Mark Blyth; 5. Spreading the word: the diffusion of American conservatism in Europe and beyond Steven Teles and Daniel Kenney; 6. Work, welfare, and wanderlust: immigration and integration in Europe and North America Randall Hansen; 7. Lost in translation: the transatlantic divide over diplomacy Daniel W. Drezner; 8. The Atlantic divide in historical perspective: a view from Europe Laurent Cohen-Tanugi.

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Introduction: growing apart? America and Europe in the 21st century Sven
Steinmo and Jeffrey Kopstein; 1. The religious divide: why religion seems
to be thriving in the United States and waning in Europe Steven Pfaff; 2.
Value change in Europe and North America: convergence or something else?
Christopher Cochrane, Neil Nevitte and Steve White; 3. On different
planets: news media in the U.S. and Europe Donald Morrison; 4. One ring to
bind them all: American power and neoliberal capitalism Mark Blyth; 5.
Spreading the word: the diffusion of American conservatism in Europe and
beyond Steven Teles and Daniel Kenney; 6. Work, welfare, and wanderlust:
immigration and integration in Europe and North America Randall Hansen; 7.
Lost in translation: the transatlantic divide over diplomacy Daniel W.
Drezner; 8. The Atlantic divide in historical perspective: a view from
Europe Laurent Cohen-Tanugi.

Rezensionen

"The question of whether the United States and Europe will or even should remain closely allied is a critical and much debated one. Bringing together some of the most impressive scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, this book grapples with this question from a wide range of angles. It will be a 'must-read' for all concerned with U.S.-European relations, the 'future of the West,' and the way in which international and domestic factors interact to produce policy outcomes."
Sheri Berman, Barnard College