Social Democracy: Global and National Perspectives

by L. Martell (Editor)

Overview

How are the policies, meaning and ideology of social democracy changing and what is the context for this change? To what extent are social democratic parties converging or diverging according to national traditions? What criticism are there of recent social democracy and what alternatives exist? This book offers a distinctive approach to answering these questions. By drawing on a wide range of political and ideological perspectives, the contributors have produced an interdisciplinary work of great theoretical and empirical value. They analyze developments in social democracy against the background of globalization, Europeanization and different national traditions. The perspectives range from the critical to the sympathetic, including discussion of where social democracy is going, as well as the argument that it provides no future for radical politics at all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333804056
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/02/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

YUSEF AKBAR Lecturer in Economics, European Business School, London MATTHEW BROWNE Visiting Lecturer in Economics, European Business School, London NICK COWELL Tutor, School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex STEPHANIE HOOPES Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex PHILIP LARKIN Tutor, School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex CHARLIE LEES Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex FRANCIS MCGOWAN MARTIN SHAW Professor of International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex NEIL STAMMERS Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex CHRISTIEN VAN DER ANKER Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction: L.Martell Social Democracy in the Global Revolution; M.Shaw Social Democracy and Global Governance; N.Stammers Globalization and the Renewal of Social Democracy; M.Browne & Y.Akbar Social Democracy and the EU: Who's Changing Who?; F.McGowan Social Democracy in Britain? New Labour and the Third Way; N.Cowell & P.Larkin Dutch Social Democracy and the Poldermodel; C.van der Anker Social Democracy and Structures of Governance in Britain and Germany; C.Lees The Media and Social Democracy in the US and Great Britain; S.Hoopes Capitalism, Globalization and Democracy: Does Social Democracy have a Role?; L.Martell Index