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The roots of American exceptionalism = institutions, culture and policies /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The roots of American exceptionalism/ edited by Charles Lockhart.
Reminder of title:	institutions, culture and policies /
other author:	Lockhart, Charles,
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (1 v.)
Notes:	Previous ed.: 2003.
Subject:	Political planning - United States. -
Subject:	United States - Defenses -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9781137016409 (electronic bk.)

The roots of American exceptionalism = institutions, culture and policies /
The roots of American exceptionalisminstitutions, culture and policies /[electronic resource] :edited by Charles Lockhart. - Rev. ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (1 v.)

Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Tax Regimes in the United States and Sweden -- Financing Medical Care in the United States and Canada -- Abortion Policy in the United States and France -- Immigration and Citizenship in the United States and Japan -- Conclusions --

How do United States public policies differ from those of other wealthy democracies? Why do they differ? The Roots of American Exceptionalism draws on societies' unique histories, distinctive paths of institutional development and contrasting cultures to explain why they adopt different policies for common problems. It compares the United States with Sweden on tax policy, Canada on financing medical care, France on abortion policy, and Japan on immigration. The book shows that American public policies across these four areas fit a pattern of embodying the fundamental beliefs and value priorities of a particular culture: individualism. And while American public policies are rational from this cultural perspective, the relative strengths and weaknesses of this culturally-constrained rationality are contrasted with those of alternative, more egalitarian and/or hierarchical, culturally-constrained rationalities which prevail in Sweden, Canada, France and Japan.

ISBN: 9781137016409 (electronic bk.)

Source: 580977Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: JK468.P64 / R66 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 320.60973

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