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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 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. -- .

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Author:   David J. Bailey ,  Jean-Michel de Waele ,  Fabien Escalona ,  Mathieu Vieira
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780719091957

ISBN 10:   0719091950
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction David Bailey, Jean-Michel De Waele, Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira PART I: The political economy of European social democracy under global economic crisis 1. It does not happen here either: why social democrats fail in the context of the great financial crisis - Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira 2. Social democracy and social movements from crisis to crisis - George Ross 3. Why the financial crisis has not generated a social democratic alternative in Europe? - Magnus Ryner 4. Social democracy in the light of capitalist crises: the case of the British Labour - John Callaghan PART II: National responses to crisis 5. Coping with TINA: the Labour Party and the new crisis of capitalism - Philippe Marliere 6. Losing social democracy. Reflections on the erosion of a paradigmatic case of social democracy - Jenny Andersson 7. German social democracy: a popular project and an unpopular party - Ingo Schmidt 8. The French PS (2008-13). Not revolutionaries, not luminaries, just 'normal' guys amidst the tempest - Christophe Bouillaud 9. Back to the drawing board. The PSOE after the 2011 general election - Paul Kennedy 10. Trimph and collapse: the PASOK in the wake of the crisis in Greece (2009-13) - Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos PART III: Towards a social democratic European Union? 11. Limits of consensus? The Party of European Socialists and the financial crisis - Michael Holmes and Simon Lightfoot 12. Palliating terminal social democratic decline at the EU-level? - David Bailey 13. Reforming Europe, renewing social democracy? The PES, the debt crisis and the Europarties - Gerassimos Moschonas Postface: death by a thousand cuts? - Ashley Lavelle Index -- .

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David J. Bailey is Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Birmingham, Jean-Michel De Waele is Professor of Political Science at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Fabien Escalona is ATER in Political Science and PhD candidate at Sciences Po Grenoble, Mathieu Vieira is ATER in Political Science at Sciences Po Lille and PhD candidate at Sciences Po Grenoble and Universite Libre de Bruxelles -- .

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