Europe’s Promise Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age StevEn hill “as steven hill compellingly argues in this excellent book, Europe has become a dynamic, transformational force in the world and stands as a clear model of success on so many fronts that we must push reset in our assessment of Europe’s course.” —steve clemons, director of the american strategy Program at the new america Foundation and writer of the political blog The Washington Note “a provocative and illuminating book that should lead americans to think hard about our own assumptions and priorities…. in these times of hope and fear, read this captivating book to discover new and creative models for building a better future.” —Katrina vanden heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation “an elegant and counter-intuitive manifesto for a new politics of interdependence that could take the world through the turmoil of the economic and global warming crises.” —Mark leonard, Executive director, European council on Foreign relations A quiet revolution has been occurring in post-World War II Europe. To order online: www.EuropesPromise.org A world power has emerged across the Atlantic that is recrafting For a 20% discounT usE This sourcE codE: 10M9071 the rules for how a modern society should provide economic secu- (please enter this code in the special instructions box.) rity, environmental sustainability, and global stability. In Europe’s Promise, Steven Hill explains Europe’s bold new vision. He shatters myths and shows how Europe’s leadership manifests in five major “steven hill ends the transatlantic debate over which economic areas: economic strength, with Europe now the world’s wealthi- and political system is superior: Europe wins. While america est trading bloc, nearly as large as the U.S. and China combined; and china fight for oil and minerals, Europe already achieves the best health care and other workfare supports for families and more withless. indeed, the path to the american dream is the individuals; widespread use of renewable energy technologies and European Way.” —Parag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order conservation; the world’s most advanced democracies; and regional networks of trade, foreign aid, and investment that link one-third of the world to the European Union. Europe’s Promise masterfully con- “like a reverse alexis de Tocqueville, steven hill dauntlessly veys how Europe has taken the lead in this make-or-break century explores a society largely unknown to his compatriots back challenged by a worldwide economic crisis and global warming. home. sweeping away the ideological posturing, he shows us exactly how the modern European Way works—and the promise it holds for an america which has slipped to become, in terms of steven hill is Director of the Political Reform Program for the New social, economic and energy policy, the old World.” America Foundation and author of 10 Steps to Repair American —hendrik hertzberg, senior editor, New Yorker Democracy and other books on politics. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, The Nation, International Herald Tribune, “Europe’s Promise should startle, inform, and galvanize Financial Times, The Guardian, and many other publications and americans in raising the ante in favor of a political economy websites. where people matter first.”—ralph nader 456 pages, 6 x 9”, 1 table $60.00 cloth 978-0-520-24857-1 $24.95 paper 978-0-520-26137-2 .