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The European dream : how Europe's vision of the future is quietly eclipsing the American dream

But in order to exercise any real influence in world affairs, Britain must choose to be part of a larger political entity. In a globally connected world, no people can exist any longer as an island unto themselves. The only question for Britain is whether it will make its home with America or with Europe.
Print Book, English, 2005
Polity, Cambridge, 2005
xiii, 434 pages ; 23 cm
9780745634241, 9780745634258, 9780745634630, 9780745634647, 0745634249, 0745634257, 074563463X, 0745634648
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PrefaceIntroductionNew Lessons from the Old World1. The Slow Death of the American Dream2. The New Land of Opportunity3. The Quiet Economic MiracleThe Making of the Modern Age4. Space, Time and Modernity5. Inventing the Ideology of Property6. Forging Capitalist Markets and Nation StatesThe Coming Global Era7. Network Commence in a Globalized Economy8. The "United States" of Europe9. Government Without a Centre10. Romancing the Civil Society11. The Immigrant Dilemma 12. Unity in Diversity13. Waging Peace14. A Second Enlightenment15. Universalizing the European Dream