What's Left of the Left

Democrats and Social Democrats in Challenging Times

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvJames E. Cronin,George W. Ross,James Shoch

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In What's Left of the Left, distinguished scholars of European and U.S. politics consider how center-left political parties have fared since the 1970s. They explore the left's responses to the end of the postwar economic boom, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the erosion of traditional party politics, the expansion of market globalization, and the shift to a knowledge-based economy. Their comparative studies of center-left politics in Scandinavia, France, Germany, southern Europe, post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States emphasize differences in the goals of left political parties and in the political, economic, and demographic contexts in which they operate. The contributors identify and investigate the more successful center-left initiatives, scrutinizing how some conditions facilitated them, while others blocked their emergence or limited their efficacy. In the contemporary era of slow growth, tight budgets, and rapid technological change, the center-left faces pressing policy concerns, including immigration, the growing population of the working poor, and the fate of the European Union.This collection suggests that such matters present the left with daunting but by no means insurmountable challenges. Contributors Sheri Berman James Cronin Jean-Michel de Waele Arthur Goldhammer Christopher Howard Jane Jenson Gerassimos Moschonas Sofia Perez Jonas Pontusson George Ross James Shoch Sorina Soare Ruy Teixeira

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-24
Mått156 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt572 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor424
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9780822350798

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James Cronin is Professor of History at Boston College and an affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. George Ross is ad personam Chaire Jean Monnet at the University of Montreal, Hillquit Professor in Labor and Social Thought Emeritus at Brandeis University, and Faculty Associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. James Shoch is Associate Professor of Government at California State University, Sacramento.

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: The New World of the Center-Left / James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 1Part I: Ideas, Projects, and Electoral RealitiesSocial Democracy's Past and Potential Future / Sheri Berman 29Historical Decline or Change of Scale? The Electoral Dynamics of European Social Democratic Parties, 1950–2009 / Gerassimos Moschonas 50Part II: Varieties of Social Democracy and LiberalismOnce Again a Model: Nordic Social Democracy in a Globalized World / Jonas Pontusson 89Embracing Markets, Bonding with America, Trying to Do Good: The Ironies of New Labour / James Cronin 116Reluctantly Center-Left? The French Case / Arthur Goldhammer and George Ross 141The Evolving Democratic Coalition: Prospects and Problems / Ruy Teixeira 162Party Politics and the American Welfare State / Christopher Howard 188Grappling with Globalization: The Democratic Party's Struggles over International Market Integration / James Shoch 210Part III: New Risks, New Challenges, New PossibilitiesEuropean Center-Left Parties and New Social Risks: Facing Up to New Policy Challenges / Jane Jenson 241Immigration and the European Left / SofÍa PÉrez 265The Central and Eastern European Left: A Political Family under Construction / Jean-Michel De Waele and Sorina Soare 290European Center-Lefts and the Mazes of European Integration / George Ross 319Conclusion: Progressive Politics in Tough Times / James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 343Bibliography 363About the Contributors 395Index 399

“[D]istinguished scholars offer reflections on the past struggles and accomplishments of left-leaning parties in Europe and the United States and speculate about their future. . . . The book makes the important point that as advanced societies navigate the current moment of global economic uncertainty, liberals and social democrats have a new opportunity to regroup and rethink policies that promote economic security and social justice.” - G. John Ikenberry (Foreign Affairs) “This book provides a timely update of much of this literature… that will be of particular use to students seeking to get up to speed with the empirical and historical development of social democracy in these particular concrete contexts. Most of the chapters also bring this concrete discussion further up to date than it currently is in most other existing literature on social democratic parties.” - David Bailey (West European Politics) "In addition to its historical scope, What’s Left sets itself apart from the rest of its genre by including three chapters on the U.S. (regarding the Democratic Party’s evolving coalition, the American welfare state, and U.S. trade policy), making the point that the experiences of the American and European lefts are similar enough that the 'Democrats and social democrats' of the book’s subtitle have much to learn from one another." - Geoffrey Kurtz (Logos)