Social Democracy in the Global Periphery

Richard Sandbrook is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Marc Edelman is Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Patrick Heller is Professor of Sociology at Brown University. Judith Teichman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Social democracy in the periphery; 2. Burdens of history; Part II. Case Studies: 3. Kerala: radical social democracy as democratic deepening; 4. Costa Rica: resilience of a classic social democracy; 5. Mauritius: evolution of a classic social democracy; 6. Chile: the tumultuous path to the third way; Part III. Patterns and Prospects: 7. Social and political origins; 8. Challenges of globalization; 9. Prospects.

'This impressive collaborative effort crosses disciplinary and regional boundaries to knock the conventional wisdom that globalization has made social democracy impossible on the periphery back on its heels. Grounding their analysis on four fascinating cases that span the globe, the four authors make a compelling case for the possibility of peripheral social democracy. Their book should be required reading for policy-makers and scholars alike.' Peter Evans, University of California, Berkeley