European social democracy during the global economic crisis

Renovation or resignation?

• Author(s): David J. Bailey, Jean-Michel de Waele, Fabien Escalona, Mathieu Vieira,
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_10: 1847799345
  ISBN_13: 9781847799340
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties , Business & Economics / Economic History ,

Description:... This book makes an important contribution to the existing literature on European social democracy in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and ensuing recession. It assesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level. A wide range of leading political scientists provide the reader with an in-depth understanding of the prospects for social democracy in the midst of an unprecedented crisis for neoliberalism. The book draws together some of the most well-known and prestigious scholars of social democracy and social democratic parties, along with a number of impressive new scholars in the field, to present a compelling and up to date analysis of social democratic fortunes in the contemporary period. It benefits from an analysis of social democratic parties’ experiences in 6 different countries – the UK, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain and Greece – along with a number of chapters on the fate of social democracy in the institutions of the EU.