Social Democracy in Power: The Capacity to Reform

ISBN-13: 9780415663878 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 328 str.

Merkel, Wolfgang

Opis

This book compares and explores how social democratic governments have had to adapt to globalisation, European integration and social change; and whether they have successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in light of the devaluation of traditional policy instruments.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Challenges of Social Democracy  3. Opportunity Structures: Actors, Institutions and Legacies  4. United Kingdom  5. Germany  6. France  7. The Netherlands  8. Sweden  9. Denmark  10. Social Democratic Policies in Comparison  11. Prospects for Social Democratic Reforms

O autorze

Wolfgang Merkel is Professor of Political Science at Humboldt University, and Director of the Research Unit 'Democracy' at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany. Alexander Petring and Christian Henkes are Research Fellows at the WZB. Christoph Egle is a Lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.