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Title

The American exceptionalism revisited / edited by Marcello Fantoni and Leonardo Morlino.

Publication

Roma : Viella, settembre 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Morlino, Leonardo, 1947-
• Fantoni, Marcello

Description

272 pages; 21 cm

Summary

When looking at the US from a European perspective a sort of paradox immediately emerges. On the one hand, the American way of life has been penetrating in depth our everyday life and, even more, our Western culture through the music, the movies, the literature and all possible consumerist habits. But, on the other hand, all recurrent statements have been emphasizing the American exceptionalism of political institutions, that is, how different and distant the North American institutions are from the European ones with regards to the government leadership, the relationships between existing powers, the connections with the citizens and even the very notion of democracy. This book will not analyze the reasons of such exceptionalism. It addresses a more salient and up to date question: how much exceptionalism is today still present if we compare US democratic institutions to the European ones? In other words, has there been a convergence or are the differences still very strong and accentuated? And if there has been convergence, in what directions? Or if resilient divergences, on what aspects? Moreover, how to explain the convergence, if there has been one?--

Series Statement

Kent State University European studies ; 2

Uniform Title

Kent State University European studies 2.

Subject

• Exceptionalism > United States > Congresses
• Exceptionalism > Europe > Congresses
• United States > Politics and government > 21st century > Congresses
• Europe > Politics and government > 21st century > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Konferenzschrift – 2010 – Kent, Ohio.

Note

• Papers presented at a conference held in Florence, Italy, June 2010.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Starting from USA. The quality of democracy in the United States of America in a comparative perspective -- The democratic yardstick : how the United States transformed the grammar of international relations in the 20th century -- USA and Europe : similarities and differences. Constitutional review in Europe and in the United States : influences, paradoxes, and convergence -- US "exceptionalism" in global media context -- Rulemaking and its constitutional consequences : EU and USA compared -- Regional energy policies in the era of the green economy : a comparative analysis -- US and EU strategies of democracy promotion : shared strategies or a transatlantic divide? -- Narrowing the gap? Representation in a Union of states : an American perspective on the European Parliament -- Primary elections : from the USA to Italy -- Bridging the gap between Venus and Mars : Europe, the United States and reponsibility to protect.

ISBN

9788867283286 :

OCLC

• 935045153
• SCSB-11638526

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library