Growing Apart?

Jeffrey Kopstein is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany 1945–1989, and coeditor of Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Professor Sven Steinmo holds the Chair in Public Policy and Political Economy at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. He is also a Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an Honorary Professor at Odense University, Denmark. His writing includes Taxation and Democracy (Winner, 1994 Best Book Prize, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association), Structuring Politics (coedited with Kathleen Thelen), and Political Evolution and Policy Change (coedited with Bo Rothstein).

• Introduction: growing apart? America and Europe in the 21st century Sven Steinmo and Jeffrey Kopstein; 1. The religious divide: why religion seems to be thriving in the United States and waning in Europe Steven Pfaff; 2. Value change in Europe and North America: convergence or something else? Christopher Cochrane, Neil Nevitte and Steve White; 3. On different planets: news media in the U.S. and Europe Donald Morrison; 4. One ring to bind them all: American power and neoliberal capitalism Mark Blyth; 5. Spreading the word: the diffusion of American conservatism in Europe and beyond Steven Teles and Daniel Kenney; 6. Work, welfare, and wanderlust: immigration and integration in Europe and North America Randall Hansen; 7. Lost in translation: the transatlantic divide over diplomacy Daniel W. Drezner; 8. The Atlantic divide in historical perspective: a view from Europe Laurent Cohen-Tanugi.

"The question of whether the United States and Europe will or even should remain closely allied is a critical and much debated one. Bringing together some of the most impressive scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, this book grapples with this question from a wide range of angles. It will be a ‘must-read’ for all concerned with U.S.-European relations, the ‘future of the West,’ and the way in which international and domestic factors interact to produce policy outcomes." Sheri Berman, Barnard College