Rethinking Social Democracy in Western Europe

Richard Gillespie is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Warwick. Dr Gillespie has written on Spain's external relations, with special reference to Europe and the Mediterranean. William E. Paterson is Salvesen Professor of European Institutions and Director of the Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor of the journal German Politics.

• Chapter 1 Reprogramming Democratic Socialism, William E. Paterson; Chapter 2 The Politics of Programmatic Renewal: Postwar Experiences in Britain and Germany, Cavanagh Carl Hodge; Chapter 3 The German Social Democrats; A Redefinition of Social Democracy or Bad Godesberg Mark II?, Stephen Padgett; Chapter 4 The Swedish Social Democrats and the Legacy of Continuous Reform: Asset or Dilemma?, Diane Sainsbury; Chapter 5 The Norwegian Labour Party: ‘En Attendant l’Europe’, Knut Heidar; Chapter 6 ‘Programa 2000’: The Appearance and Reality of Socialist Renewal in Spain, Richard Gillespie; Chapter 7 Reconstructing Dutch Social Democracy, Steven B. Wolinetz; Chapter 8 Towards Renewal? The British Labour Party’s Policy Review, Eric Shaw; Chapter 9 Trade Unions and the Politics of Social Democratic Renewal, Andrew J. Taylor; Chapter 10 Programmatic Renewal, and Much More: From the PCI to the PDS, Gianfranco Pasquino; Chapter 11 A Programme for Social Democratic Revival?, Richard Gillespie;