In Search of New Social Democracy - Insights from the South - Implications for the North

Why is the classical social democratic vision of development based on social justice by democratic means losing ground? Why was it so difficult to renew, even in the context of the third wave of democracy in the South? How does this matter in the North too, and how might it be reinvented?This accessible book brings to life major insights gained through written sources and interviews with a large range of activists and political protagonists in the southern cases of Indonesia, India, and the Philippines - but also in the northern social democratic stronghold of Sweden. By considering the experiences in view of the basics of Social Democracy and a broader comparative framework, Olle Tornquist arrives at globally relevant conclusions. Crucially, Tornquist also puts forward suggestions for how to achieve this reinvention social democracy. Through implementation of broad alliances in the Global South, supported by the Global North, for transformative rights and welfare reforms - universal, participatory and impartially implemented - precursors to social economic growth pacts can thus be effected.>

Product details

• Authors: Olle Törnquist, Olle Trnquist
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780755639762
• ISBN: 978-0-7556-3976-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political structures: democracy, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship