TY - BOOK AU - Hill,Steven John TI - Europe's promise: why the European way is the best hope in an insecure age SN - 9780520261372 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HN 373.5 H648e 2010 U1 - 306.2094/09051 PY - 2010/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Politischer Wandel KW - swd KW - Europe KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government KW - Europa KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Siglo XXI KW - PolĂ­tica y gobierno N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rise of the European way -- The capitalist engine that huffed and puffed -- Europe's secret advantage : economic democracy -- Family values, European style -- The myth of the overtaxed European and other modern fables -- The economic crash of 2008-9 : Wall Street capitalism vs. social capitalism -- The European way of health -- La Sante d'abord : the formal health care system -- Windmills, tides, and solar besides : the European way of energy -- Revolution on wheels : the European way of transportation -- The reluctant superpower : transatlantic rupture and the post-9/11 world -- The European way of foreign policy, put to the test -- The legacy of Luther and Cromwell : political democracy in Europe -- Consensus building through dynamic democracy -- Sticky glue, social contracts, and fulcrum institutions -- The challenges of immigration and integration -- A European civil rights movement arises: sort of -- The dilemma of population decline : "where are all the children?" ER -