Only in America?: The Politics of the United States in Comparative Perspective

by Graham K. Wilson

An English political scientist transplanted to America examines the question of American exceptionalism. Is the politics of the U.S. really all that different from politics in other advanced industrial democracies? Does America have more in common with other modern democracies than with its own past?

To answer these questions, Graham K. Wilson selects several major areas of comparison: the size and scope of government, the nature of beliefs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566430585
• ISBN13: 9781566430586
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Wilson's book is concise and extremely useful if you are trying to come up with coherent arguments against the theory of American Exceptionalism.