UID:
edocfu_9959235927202883
Format:
1 online resource (364 p.)
ISBN:
1-383-03437-0
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1-281-14875-X
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9786611148751
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0-19-152543-X
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1-4356-1387-2
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
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.
Note:
Formerly CIP.
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Previously issued in print: 2007.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-920453-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-920452-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780199204526.001.0001
