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Social Democracy : A Comparative Account of the Left-Wing Party Family.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351679428
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 324.2172
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Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- 1 Understanding Social Democracy: a comparative analysis of the 'Left' in the 'West' -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Contemporary views on Social Democracy -- 1.3 Reformism as the model and revisionism as the project -- 1.4 Towards a systematic explanation of Social Democracy -- 1.5 Analysing Social Democracy and its performance -- 1.6 Plan of the book -- 2 Democratisation of the state and the emergence of Social Democracy as a party -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Democratisation and the development of Social Democracy -- 2.3 Social Democracy: from social movement to political party -- 2.4 Social Democracy as a party family: close or distant relatives? -- 2.5 A comparative variable of Social Democracy -- 2.6 Types of Social Democracy in the 21st century -- 3 Social Democratic ideology and values: the welfare state as a project or a model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Democratic ideology and policy: project and model -- 3.3 Social Democratic ideas and value-related goals -- 3.4 Policy strategy for Social Democracy -- 3.5 Policy performance and the value-related goals of Social Democracy -- 4 Party system dynamics and party competition: the electoral struggle for political power -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The effect of electoral rules on Social Democratic representation -- 4.3 Party system dynamics and electoral competitiveness of Social Democracy -- 4.4 Electoral performance of Social Democracy: change or stability? -- 4.5 Competing for power: Social Democracy versus the rest? -- 5 Social Democratic government participation and the use of state powers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Democratic party control: strength-life cycle-constraints -- 5.3 Making and shaping coalitions: gaining access to state powers.
5.4 Office- and policy-seeking performance of Social Democracy -- 5.5 The use of public powers through government by Social Democracy -- 6 The use of public powers: Social Democratic policy formation and policy performance -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The interdependence between state and society: intervention and care -- 6.3 The Dual Welfare State as a policy profile of Social Democracy -- 6.4 Does Social Democratic policy formation matter? -- 6.5 Towards a Social Democratic society? -- 7 Searching for a new direction: Third Ways, Europe and globalisation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Globalisation, European integration and national welfare -- 7.3 A new Social Democratic model? From Dual Welfare State to social investment state -- 7.4 Social Democratic programmatic change: from Left to Right? -- 7.5 Maintaining power resources of Social Democracy: votes or office? -- 7.6 The policy performance of the 'new' Social Democracy -- 7.7 Global change and flexible adjustments: Social Democracy in flux -- 8 Varieties of Social Democracy: pathways to power and mission performance -- 8.1 Epitome: Social Democracy - unity and diversity and development -- 8.2 Democratisation and the development of Social Democratic power resources -- 8.3 Ideological change and its ramifications for the Social Democratic project and model -- 8.4 Gaining political powers and party control to develop the Dual Welfare State -- 8.5 From diversity to mainstreaming: Social Democracy moving into the 21st century -- Appendix -- Index.
Summary: The Social Democratic party family is a central part of political life in the West. This book focuses on this party family as well as a unique political force in the industrialised world. It provides a critical comparative survey of when, where, how and why Social Democracy developed within established capitalist democracies.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- 1 Understanding Social Democracy: a comparative analysis of the 'Left' in the 'West' -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Contemporary views on Social Democracy -- 1.3 Reformism as the model and revisionism as the project -- 1.4 Towards a systematic explanation of Social Democracy -- 1.5 Analysing Social Democracy and its performance -- 1.6 Plan of the book -- 2 Democratisation of the state and the emergence of Social Democracy as a party -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Democratisation and the development of Social Democracy -- 2.3 Social Democracy: from social movement to political party -- 2.4 Social Democracy as a party family: close or distant relatives? -- 2.5 A comparative variable of Social Democracy -- 2.6 Types of Social Democracy in the 21st century -- 3 Social Democratic ideology and values: the welfare state as a project or a model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Democratic ideology and policy: project and model -- 3.3 Social Democratic ideas and value-related goals -- 3.4 Policy strategy for Social Democracy -- 3.5 Policy performance and the value-related goals of Social Democracy -- 4 Party system dynamics and party competition: the electoral struggle for political power -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The effect of electoral rules on Social Democratic representation -- 4.3 Party system dynamics and electoral competitiveness of Social Democracy -- 4.4 Electoral performance of Social Democracy: change or stability? -- 4.5 Competing for power: Social Democracy versus the rest? -- 5 Social Democratic government participation and the use of state powers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Democratic party control: strength-life cycle-constraints -- 5.3 Making and shaping coalitions: gaining access to state powers.

5.4 Office- and policy-seeking performance of Social Democracy -- 5.5 The use of public powers through government by Social Democracy -- 6 The use of public powers: Social Democratic policy formation and policy performance -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The interdependence between state and society: intervention and care -- 6.3 The Dual Welfare State as a policy profile of Social Democracy -- 6.4 Does Social Democratic policy formation matter? -- 6.5 Towards a Social Democratic society? -- 7 Searching for a new direction: Third Ways, Europe and globalisation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Globalisation, European integration and national welfare -- 7.3 A new Social Democratic model? From Dual Welfare State to social investment state -- 7.4 Social Democratic programmatic change: from Left to Right? -- 7.5 Maintaining power resources of Social Democracy: votes or office? -- 7.6 The policy performance of the 'new' Social Democracy -- 7.7 Global change and flexible adjustments: Social Democracy in flux -- 8 Varieties of Social Democracy: pathways to power and mission performance -- 8.1 Epitome: Social Democracy - unity and diversity and development -- 8.2 Democratisation and the development of Social Democratic power resources -- 8.3 Ideological change and its ramifications for the Social Democratic project and model -- 8.4 Gaining political powers and party control to develop the Dual Welfare State -- 8.5 From diversity to mainstreaming: Social Democracy moving into the 21st century -- Appendix -- Index.

The Social Democratic party family is a central part of political life in the West. This book focuses on this party family as well as a unique political force in the industrialised world. It provides a critical comparative survey of when, where, how and why Social Democracy developed within established capitalist democracies.

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