The politics of social democracy: issues, dilemmas and future directions for the centre-left /
Rob Manwaring.
- viii, 295 pages: illustrations; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, appendices and index.
The meaning of social democracy -- The ideology of social democracy -- Ideological dilemmas -- Social democracy and policy change -- Dilemmas of political economy -- Dilemmas of welfare and social policy -- Dilemmas of immigration -- Electoral dilemmas -- Dilemmas in office -- Organisational dilemmas -- The next wave of social democracy? -- Appendices: Ideology and Policy at the 2017 French Presidential Election -- ALP ideology and policy 1983-2019 -- Welfare policies, 9 social democratic parties -- Immigration policies, 9 social democratic parties
"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 multiple 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 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"--