The Resistible Corrosion of Europe's Center-Left After 2008

ISBN-13: 9781032230108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Georg Menz

Opis

This book examines and explains the Center-Left’s political decline since 2008, whilst analyzing the factors that account for its sagging electoral and popular support, losing voters both to the Far Left, the Far Right, and abstentions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Decline and Corrosion of Europe’s Center-Left after the 2008 Financial Crisis  2. The Undoing of the French Socialist Party  3. The Resistible Corrosion of Europe’s Centre-Left: The Case of the British Labour Party since the 2008 Financial Crisis  4. The Not so Inevitable Decline of Social Democracy in Germany  5. The Slow, But Persistent Erosion of the Swedish Social Democratic Party  6. Uncommon past, common present? The decline of Italy’s centre-left  7. From State Party to Party crisis: The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)  8. The Continued Decline of Dutch Social Democracy  9. Bucking the Trend: The Extraordinary Bounce Back of the Danish Center-Left  10. Conclusion: The Malaise of Europe’s Center-Left

O autorze

Georg Menz holds the Dragas Chair in International Studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.