The Narcissism of Minor Differences

by Peter Baldwin and Peter Baldwin

Book Overview

There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. But are the US and Europe so different? Peter Baldwin, one of the world's leading historians of comparative social policy, thinks not, and in this bracingly argued but remarkably informed polemic, he lays out how similar the two continents really are. Drawing on the latest evidence from sources such as the United Nations, the World Bank, IMF, and other international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195391209
• ISBN13: 9780195391206
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"