The Dilemmas of Social Democracies
Title | The Dilemmas of Social Democracies PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Richards |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780739109700 |
The Dilemmas of Social Democracies seeks to advance the eradication of poverty and the ethical construction of social democracy and sustainable peace. Howard Richards and Joanna Swanger argue that the reason that capitalism resists transformation and that social democracy is so hard to achieve is because of the philosophical and institutional underpinnings-the constitutive rules-of capitalism; the book therefore explores the historical origins of these rules, their implications for blocking progress toward social justice, and how they can be improved.
Why the Left Loses
Title | Why the Left Loses PDF eBook |
Author | Kennedy, Paul |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1447332695 |
Around the world, parties of the left and center-left have been struggling, losing ground to right-wing parties and various forms of reactionary populism. This book brings together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy to offer an international, comparative view of the changing political landscape. Using case studies from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand contributors argue that despite different local and specific contexts, the mainstream center-left is beset by a range of common challenges. Analysis focuses on institutional and structural factors, the role of key individuals, and the atrophy of progressive ideas as interconnected reasons for the current struggles of the center-left.
Democracy's Dilemma
Title | Democracy's Dilemma PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Paehlke |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780262661881 |
A call for a balancing of economic, environmental, and social concerns in the age of global economic integration.
Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality
Title | Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Johnson |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2019-02-20 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9811362998 |
This book analyses social democratic parties’ attempts to tackle inequality in increasingly challenging times. It provides a distinctive contribution to the literature on the so-called ‘crisis’ of social democracy by exploring the role of equality policy in this crisis. While the main focus is on analysing Australian Labor governments, examples are also given from a wide range of parties internationally. The book traces how a traditional focus on class has expanded to include other forms of inequality, including issues of gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality and explores both the intersections and potential tensions that result. Meanwhile there are new challenges for equality policy arising from a changing geo-economics (the rise of Asia), the legacies of neoliberalism and the impact of technological disruption.
The Politics of Social Democracy
Title | The Politics of Social Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Rob Manwaring |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2021-05-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0429648790 |
This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis, through a series of cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere. The book examines the ideological, policy, electoral and organisational dilemmas facing the centre-left. Taking in cases including those from the UK, Austria, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, and New Zealand, it outlines and explores the current and future trajectories of the family of centre-left parties. This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and interested readers of labour and social democratic politics, centre-left political parties, trade unions, the future of the centre-left, and more broadly to those studying political parties, European and comparative politics.
Social Democracy in the Global Periphery
Title | Social Democracy in the Global Periphery PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sandbrook |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139460919 |
Social Democracy in the Global Periphery focuses on social-democratic regimes in the developing world that have, to varying degrees, reconciled the needs of achieving growth through globalized markets with extensions of political, social and economic rights. The authors show that opportunities exist to achieve significant social progress, despite a global economic order that favours core industrial countries. Their findings derive from a comparative analysis of four exemplary cases: Kerala (India), Costa Rica, Mauritius and Chile (since 1990). Though unusual, the social and political conditions from which these developing-world social democracies arose are not unique; indeed, pragmatic and proactive social-democratic movements helped create these favourable conditions. The four exemplars have preserved or even improved their social achievements since neoliberalism emerged hegemonic in the 1980s. This demonstrates that certain social-democratic policies and practices - guided by a democratic developmental state - can enhance a national economy's global competitiveness.
Capitalism and Social Democracy
Title | Capitalism and Social Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Przeworski |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1986-12-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521336567 |
Not to repeat past mistakes: the sudden resurgence of a sympathetic interest in social democracy is a response to the urgent need to draw lessons from the history of the socialist movement. After several decades of analyses worthy of an ostrich, some rudimentary facts are being finally admitted. Social democracy has been the prevalent manner of organization of workers under democratic capitalism. Reformist parties have enjoyed the support of workers.