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Lessons from Europe? : what Americans can learn from European public policies /

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What can American policymakers learn from the experiences of European democracies in confronting our common policy challenges? We can look to our own history and to the ideas emanating from our own public sphere, but by looking abroad, we can learn how our European allies have dealt with such issues...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Other Authors: Kelemen, R. Daniel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press, 2017.
Subjects:
European Union countries > Politics and government > 21st century.
Policy sciences > European Union countries.
Public administration > European Union countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why look to Europe for lessons? / R. Daniel Kelemen
  • Gender, employment, and parenthood : the consequences of work family policies / Janet C. Gornick and Ariane Hegewisch
  • The role of regulation in health care policy / Lawrence D. Brown
  • Pensions : who is learning from whom? / Mitchell A. Orenstein
  • Labor market policy : toward a "flexicurity" model in the United States? / Tobias Schulze-Cleven
  • Immigration policy : a transatlantic comparison / Martin A. Schain
  • Climate change policy : progress and persistence / Frank J. Convery
  • Urban transport : promoting sustainability in Germany / Ralph Buehler and John Pucher
  • Political democracy : consensus building through democracy in Europe / Steven Hill
  • Transatlantic lesson-drawing : utopia, road to ruin, or source of practical advice? / R. Kent Weaver.