Politics of Social Democracy - Issues, Dilemmas, and Future Directions for the Centre-Left

This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis, through a series of cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere.

The book examines the ideological, policy, electoral and organisational dilemmas facing the centre-left. Taking in cases including those from the UK, Austria, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, and New Zealand, it outlines and explores the current and future trajectories of the family of centre-left parties.

This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and interested readers of labour and social democratic politics, centre-left political parties, trade unions, the future of the centre-left, and more broadly to those studying political parties, European and comparative politics.

List of contents

1. The Meaning of Social Democracy 2. The Ideology of Social Democracy 3. Ideological Dilemmas 4. Social Democracy and Policy Change 5. Dilemmas of Political Economy 6. Dilemmas of Welfare and Social Policy 7. Dilemmas of Immigration 8. Electoral Dilemmas 9. Dilemmas in Office 10. Organisational Dilemmas 11. The Next Wave of Social Democracy?

About the author

Rob Manwaring is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at Flinders University, Australia.

Summary

This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis, through a series of multiple cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Manwaring, Rob (Flinders University Manwaring
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367135416
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13541-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements, Political parties and party platforms