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Social democracy emerged in the late nineteenth century and has become a leading political ideology in Europe. This short history approaches the evolution of this ideology as a body of political thought and political practices. It expounds the development, transformation and practice of European social democracy through the analysis of four key moments in its history: its origins and rise as a key political force in European politics, the second revisionist phase with the embrace of capitalism in the postwar period, the Third Way of the 1990s and the contemporary crisis of social democracy in an era of fragmented politics. The book offers a fresh and engaging discussion of one of the most enduring ideologies of the European political sphere and its manifestations in different countries of the region.
Price: $24.95
Pages: 176
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Imprint: Agenda Publishing
Series: Short Histories
Publication Date:
13 March 2024
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.45 in
ISBN: 9781788216166
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
This is a very considerable intellectual achievement. Goes weaves together a rich array of analytical concepts and empirical material to offer a synoptic overview of the development of European social democracy since the mid-nineteenth century. The breadth of the coverage is remarkable, unquestionably anchored in a coherent theoretical framework and appropriately critical in assessing the implications of the transformation of social democracy that has occurred over the last century. It deserves to be widely read.
— Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London
An enthralling history of social democracy from its inception to the present day. Eunice Goes skillfully depicts the tensions at play in its ideological evolution (from doctrinal and revolutionary approaches to democracy and reform) and in its organization (from a movement to a party and then to a governing party), to the crisis of social democracy today. For those, who want to understand or even shape what happens next, this book is simply a must-read.
— Ania Skrzypek, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels
— Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London
An enthralling history of social democracy from its inception to the present day. Eunice Goes skillfully depicts the tensions at play in its ideological evolution (from doctrinal and revolutionary approaches to democracy and reform) and in its organization (from a movement to a party and then to a governing party), to the crisis of social democracy today. For those, who want to understand or even shape what happens next, this book is simply a must-read.
— Ania Skrzypek, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels
Eunice Goes is Professor of Politics at Richmond American University London. She is interested in the role of ideas in politics and in political parties and is the author of The Labour Party Under Ed Miliband: Trying But Faliing To Renew Social Democracy (2016).
Introduction: European social democracy: a story in four acts
1. Socialism via the parliamentary road
2. Social democracy embraces capitalism
3. Riding the Third Way wave
4. Social democracy in a fragmented world
Conclusion: an open future