Double Standard Social Policy in Europe and the United States

James W. Russell is University Professor of Sociology and directs the Latin American Studies Program at Eastern Connecticut State University. He was formerly Fulbright Research Professor at the North America Research Center of the Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico in Mexico City. He is the author of six books, including Double Standard: Social Policy in Europe and the United States (2006: Rowman and Littlefield) and Societies and Social Life: An Introduction to Sociology (2009: Sloan Publishing).