Why the Left Loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781447332664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Rob Manwaring; Paul Kennedy

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Foreword ~ Sheri Berman Why the left loses: understanding the comparative decline of the centre-left ~ Rob Manwaring and Paul Kennedy Part 1: The centre-left in the Anglosphere The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness ~ Rob Manwaring and Matt Beech Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democracts ~ David McGrane The ‘soft target’ of Labour in New Zealand ~ Grant Duncan Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality ~ Carol Johnson Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor ~ Rob Manwaring Part 2: The centre-left in Western Europe Germany: little hope in times of crisis ~ Uwe Jun The Swedish Social Democrats and the ‘new Swedish model’: playing a losing game ~ Claes Belfrage and Mikko Kuisma Between a rock and a hard place in Spain: the PSOE ~ Paul Kennedy The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis ~ Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot Part 3: Conclusion: Why the left loses The end of revisionism? ~ Chris Pierson Social democracy and the populist challenge ~ René Cuperus The dilemmas of social democracy ~ Paul Kennedy and Rob Manwaring