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"The character of social democracy in the constituent countries of the European Union is more significant and much better understood than the available literature would appear to suggest. This thought-provoking and edifying handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together a range of top political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU, one that offers students and scholars both an informative and easy-to-use guide to social democracy as a system of governance in Europe. Through establishing a common framework for analysis and by exploring all 27 countries in the European Union according to this structure, The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in Europe constitutes a compendium that is truly comparative in nature. This comparative and comprehensive framework coupled with the unprecedented overview of European social democracy over the past decade makes this handbook the go-to guide for those interested in all aspects of social democracy in the"--
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List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Notes on the Editors and Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Unfinished History of the Social Democratic Family; Fabien Escalona, Mathieu Vieira and Jean-Michel De Waele PART II WESTERN EUROPE 2. Austria; Anton Pelinka 3. Belgium; Pascal Delwit 4. Cyprus; Hayriye Kahveci 5. Denmark; Jacob Christensen 6. Finland; Michel Hastings 7. France; Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira 8. Germany; Amandine Crespy 9. Greece; Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos 10. Ireland; Michael Holmes 11. Italy; Gianfranco Pasquino 12. Luxembourg; Patrick Dumont, Raphaël Kies and Philippe Poirier 13. Malta; Roderick Pace and Michael Briguglio 14. Netherlands; Frans Becker, Gerrit Voerman and Joos van Holsteyn 15. Portugal; Marco Lisi 16. Spain; Paul Kennedy 17. Sweden; Dimitri Tsarouhas 18. United Kingdom; Florence Faucher PART III CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 19. Bulgaria; Antony Todorov 20. Czech Republic; Michel Perottino and Martin Polá ek 21. Estonia; Vello Pettai and Juhan Saharov 22. Hungary; Andràs Birò Nagy 23. Latvia; Jànis Ikstens 24. Lithuania; Algis Krupavicius 25. Poland; Anna Paczesniak 26. Romania; Sorina Soare 27. Slovakia; Darina Malovà 28. Slovenia; Alenka Kra ovec PART IV CONCLUSION 29. Social Democrats Today: Tribe, Extended Family, or Club?; George Ross Index
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"What is 'left' remains the crucial question in European politics, and De Waele, Escalona and Vieira provide an answer to be meditated and remembered by giving an exhaustive, non conventional picture of social democratic parties and singling out the challenges they have to cope with and overcome."
- Leonardo Morlino, President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), 2009/12 and Professor Political Science, LUISS Guido Carlo University, Italy.
"A remarkably useful compendium analyzing, with a considerable sense of balance, the social democratic left in twenty-seven member-countries of the European Union: history, membership, electoral results, party programmes and, at the end of each essay, a brave attempt to peer into the uncertain future of social democracy. A great tool for comparativists. Thank you!"
- Donald Sassoon, Emeritus Professor of Comparative European History, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
"This Handbook assembles an outstanding group of international experts on social democracy in their respective countries. Its special strength is that all experts speak to the same analytical questions of social democratic party development and thereby systematically cover hard-to-find information on party organization and intra-party dynamics. The Handbook is exceptionally valuable for students of social democracy in a comparative perspective as well as practitioners and country experts who seek to relate social democratic experience in their own to that of other countries. I cannot think of a better source to begin research on European social democracy."
- Herbert Kitschelt, Department of Political Science, Duke University, USA
