Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure AgeUniversity of California Press, 2010 - Всего страниц: 472 "Steven Hill ends the transatlantic debate over which economic and political system is superior: Europe wins. While America and China fight for oil and minerals, Europe already achieves more with less. Indeed, the path to the American Dream is the European Way."_Parag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order "Like a reverse Alexis de Tocqueville, Steven Hill dauntlessly explores a society largely unknown to his compatriots back home. Sweeping away the ideological posturing, he shows us exactly how the modern European Way works and the promise it holds for an America which has slipped to become, in terms of social, economic and energy policy, the Old World."_Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker, author of Obamanos!: The Birth of a New Political Era "Europe's Promise should startle, inform, and galvanize Americans in raising the ante in favor of a political economy where people matter first."_Ralph Nader _As Steven Hill compellingly argues in his excellent Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age, Europe has become a dynamic, transformational force in the world and stands as a clear model of success on so many fronts that we must push reset in our assessment of Europe's course. Americans today should learn a bit about how Europe has quietly and incrementally added to its size and global weight and maintained an innovative approach to broad public challenges like renewable energy, capital punishment, social welfare, and even corporate dynamism.__Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, author of the political blog, The Washington Note "Europe's Promise is a provocative and illuminating book that should lead Americans to think hard about our own assumptions and priorities. By closely examining Europe's economic and political practices, Hill reveals a new Europe that has become the world's leader during this century challenged by global economic crisis, climate crisis, and new geopolitical tensions. In these times of hope and fear, read this captivating book to discover new and creative models for building a better future.__Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation _Hill's book is an elegant and counterintuitive manifesto for a new politics of interdependence that could take the world through the turmoil of the economic and global warming crises.__Mark Leonard, Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations "What can the United States learn from Europe? If you believe what's said in Washington, the answer is 'not much'. If you read Steven Hill's intelligent, broad-ranging, and deeply researched book, you'll find the correct answer is 'a great deal'_and now is the time to learn it."_Jacob S. Hacker, author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Security and the Decline of the American Dream |
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Introduction | 1 |
SOCIAL CAPITALIST EUROPE | 13 |
1 The Rise of the European Way | 15 |
2 The Capitalist Engine That Huffed and Puffed | 33 |
3 Europes Secret Advantage | 53 |
4 Family Values European Style | 72 |
5 The Myth of the Overtaxed European and Other Modern Fables | 93 |
6 The Economic Crash of 20089 | 107 |
PLURALIST EUROPE | 237 |
13 The Legacy of Luther and Cromwell | 239 |
14 Consensus Building Through Dynamic Democracy | 258 |
THE CONCEPT OF EUROPE | 275 |
15 Sticky Glue Social Contracts and Fulcrum Institutions | 277 |
WILL EUROPE SURVIVE? | 299 |
16 The Challenges of Immigrtion and Integration | 301 |
17 A European Civil Rights Movement ArisesSort of | 319 |
HEALTHY EUROPE | 123 |
7 The European Way of Health | 125 |
8 La Sante DAbord | 136 |
SUSTAINABLE EUROPE | 155 |
9 Windmills Tides and Solar Besides | 157 |
10 Revolution On Wheels | 179 |
GLOBAL EUROPE | 195 |
11 The Reluctant Superpower | 197 |
12 The European Way of Foreign Policy Put to the Test | 215 |
18 The Dilemma Of Population Decline | 339 |
Conclusion | 354 |
Notes | 371 |
433 | |
Acknowledgments | 437 |
443 | |
About the Author | 473 |
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