How America Compares
This book is a reference work with an encyclopedic range, offering contemporary and systematic comparisons between the United States and 17 other economically advanced, stable liberal democracies, as well as some more global comparisons. It offers interna
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Rodney Tiffen, Anika Gauja, Brendon O’Connor, Ross Gittins, David Smith
How the World Compares Series Editor Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
How the World Compares provides an encylopaedic examination of social indicators from 18 economically advanced, stable liberal democracies. It offers important points of reference for political science researchers and students, and it presents a unique and accessible perspective for anyone interested in comparative politics. In nearly all countries, most public controversies and policy debates are conducted with a solely domestic focus, either ignoring international experience or using it opportunistically and selectively. People in many countries have beliefs about their own uniqueness – for better and worse – that are largely uninformed by deep knowledge of other countries. How the World Compares provides a much-needed backdrop to such debates, bringing together reliable data on the most relevant social indicators and comparing them across relevant countries. The core of these books offers data drawn from international organisations (especially the OECD but also from sources such as agencies of the United Nations and World Bank) and analysis, concentrating on the 18 affluent democracies that have the most in common. There is an examination of global distributions, as well as emerging global trends between the major powers in key areas such as population, economics, energy use, and so forth. Finally there is national data concentrating on the specified country alone. The first country to be analysed is the Unites States. The books cover as many aspects of social life as possible, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, and interest rates to internet usage. The discussion focuses on changes over time and comparisons between countries, looking at how the data relate to national debates about policies, performance and prospects, especially if these have been conducted in a vacuum.
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Rodney Tiffen University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Anika Gauja University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brendon O’Connor University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ross Gittins Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW, Australia
David Smith University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISSN 2522-5340 ISSN 2522-5359 (electronic) How the World Compares ISBN 978-981-13-9581-9 ISBN 978-981-13-9582-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9582-6 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, comput
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