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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.>
List of contents
Preface
Part I: Introduction
Ch 1: The Mystery – and How to Solve It
Ch 2: Social Democracy
Ch 3: Cases and Contextual Puzzles
Ch 4: Progress and Demise of the World’s Largest Popular Reform Movement in Indonesia
Ch 5: The Rise and Stagnation of Kerala’s Emancipatory Left
Ch 6: The ‘People Power’ Mystery in the Philippines
Ch 7: Effects in the North: From Internationalism to ‘Social Democracy in one Country’– the Case of Sweden
Part III: Challenges of Third Generation Social Democracy
Ch 8: Philippine Experiments for a Democratic Left
Ch 9: Rise and Demotion of the Indonesian Democracy Movement
Ch 10 Dilemmas of Deepening Democracy after Suharto
Ch 11: Kerala Renewal of Social Democracy
Ch 12: Counter Movements in India?
Ch 13: Inconclusive Left-of-Centre Politics in the Philippines
Ch 14: Whither Reformist Populism? The Indonesian Experience
Ch 15: Implications and Options in the North: the Swedish Stalemate
Part IV: Reinventing Social Democracy
Ch 16: Lessons for New Social Democracy
Ch 17: Towards a Roadmap
Summary
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 Törnquist arrives at globally relevant conclusions. Crucially, Törnquist 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.
