Long Search for a Third Way

ILARIA FAVRETTO was educated in Milan and London. She has written articles for numerous journals on the history of the European Left in the twentieth century. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at the European Research Centre of Kingston University as well as Reviews Editor of the Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: THE 'GOLDEN YEARS' OF CAPITALISM AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF REVISIONISM Rethinking Socialism Structural Reforms and the 'Socialist' Management of Capitalism PART II: THE END OF SOCIAL CAPITALISM: FROM OLD TO NEW REVISIONISM The Crisis of Social-Democratic Politics Shaping a 'Post-Fordist' Third Way Moving to the Centre: Socialists Get Rid of the Cloth Cap Epilogue References Index

'...Favretto's book poses significant questions and provides a wealth of material that contributes to establishing them in several useful perspectives...' - Roger Absalom, Modern Italy