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- In Search of Social Democracy: Responses to Crisis and Modernisation
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Manchester University Press
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Focusing on the social democratic heartland of Western Europe, In search of social democracy gives the first detailed assessment of how the new social democratic revisionism has fared in government. The book begins by considering the causes of the end of social democracy’s golden age and the magnitude of the challenges faced by social democratic parties after the 1970s. It then examines detailed case studies of how particular social democratic parties responded to this changed political terrain. Finally, it contributes to a broader conversation about the future of social democracy by considering ways in which the political thought of ‘third way’ social democracy might be radicalised for the twenty-first century.
The contributors offer a variety of perspectives, but are united by the conviction that the themes addressed in this book are crucial to determining the feasibility of more egalitarian and democratic social outcomes than have been possible in the era of neo-liberalism.
Table of Contents
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- List of figures and tables
- pp. vii-viii
- List of contributors
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Part I: After the golden age: social democracy in crisis
- Part II: Responses to the crisis: the Third Way and other revisions
- Part III: Resources for rethinking
- 12. The rhetoric of redistribution
- pp. 233-251
- 15. Afterword
- pp. 286-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526125095
Related ISBN(s)
9780719079207
MARC Record
OCLC
1112229071
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2021-11-03
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
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