Social democracy in power : the capacity to reform / Wolfgang Merkel ... [et.al.].
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge research in comparative politics ; 22Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xvii, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780415438209 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0415438209 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780203929063 (ebook)
- 0203929063 (ebook)
- 320.5315094 22 SOC
- HX239 .S63 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-305) and index.
Introduction -- The challenges of social democracy -- Opportunity structures : actors, institutions and legacies -- The United Kingdom -- Germany -- France -- The Netherlands -- Sweden -- Denmark -- Social democratic policies in comparison -- Prospects for social democratic reforms.
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.
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