Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs. Liberal America

by Jonas Pontusson

Book Overview

What are the relative merits of the American and European socioeconomic systems? Long-standing debates have heated up in recent years with the expansion of the European Union and increasingly sharp political and cultural differences between the United States and Europe. In Inequality and Prosperity, Jonas Pontusson provides a comparative overview of the two major models of labor markets and welfare systems in the advanced industrial world: the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489709
• ISBN13: 9780801489709
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 9.3"