Lessons from Europe? : what Americans can learn from European public policies
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Lessons from Europe? : what Americans can learn from European public policies
CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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What can American policymakers learn from the experiences of European democracies? While we can look to our own history and to the ideas emanating from our own public sphere, by looking abroad we can also learn lessons from European policies - from both those that have proven successful and those that have failed. The contributors in this volume examine the ways our European allies have dealt with issues such as rising healthcare and pension costs, large-scale immigration, childcare and work-life balance, and climate change, and ask whether such policies might prove effective in the U.S. context. Brief and engaging, Lessons from Europe? is an ideal supplement for comparative public policy courses and would add a provocative comparative component to U.S. public policy courses.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Look to Europe for Lessons? - R. Kelemen
Chapter 2: Gender, Employment, and Parenthood: The Consequences of Work Family Policies - Janet C. Gornick and Ariane Hegewisch
Chapter 3: The Role of Regulation in Health Care Policy - Lawrence D. Brown
Chapter 4: Pensions: Who is Learning from Whom? - Mitchell A. Orenstein
Chapter 5: Labor Market Policy: Toward a 'Flexicurity' Model in the US? - Tobias Schulze-Cleven
Chapter 6: Immigration Policy: A Transatlantic Comparison - Martin Schain
Chapter 7: Climate Change Policy: Progress and Persistence - Frank Convery
Chapter 8: Urban Transport: Promoting Sustainability in Germany - Ralph Buehler and John Pucher
Chapter 9: Political Democracy: Consensus Building through Democracy in Europe - Steven Hill
Chapter 10: Transatlantic Lesson-Drawing: Utopia, Road to Ruin, or Source of Practical Advice? - R. Weaver
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