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English
Agenda Publishing
13 March 2024
Series: Short Histories
Social democracy emerged in the late nineteenth century and has become a leading political ideology in Europe. This short history approaches the evolution of this ideology as a body of political thought and political practices. It expounds the development, transformation and practice of European social democracy through the analysis of four key moments in its history: its origins and rise as a key political force in European politics, the second revisionist phase with the embrace of capitalism in the postwar period, the Third Way of the 1990s and the contemporary crisis of social democracy in an era of fragmented politics. The book offers a fresh and engaging discussion of one of the most enduring ideologies of the European political sphere and its manifestations in different countries of the region.

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Imprint:   Agenda Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 18mm
ISBN:   9781788216159
ISBN 10:   1788216156
Series:   Short Histories
Pages:   176
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Eunice Goes is a Professor of Politics at Richmond University. She is interested in the role of ideas in politics and in political parties and is the author of The Labour Party Under Ed Miliband: Trying But Faliing To Renew Social Democracy (2016).

Reviews for Social Democracy

This is a very considerable intellectual achievement. Goes weaves together a rich array of analytical concepts and empirical material to offer a synoptic overview of the development of European social democracy since the mid-nineteenth century. The breadth of the coverage is remarkable, unquestionably anchored in a coherent theoretical framework and appropriately critical in assessing the implications of the transformation of social democracy that has occurred over the last century. It deserves to be widely read. -- Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London An enthralling history of social democracy from its inception to the present day. Eunice Goes skillfully depicts the tensions at play in its ideological evolution (from doctrinal and revolutionary approaches to democracy and reform) and in its organization (from a movement to a party and then to a governing party), to the crisis of social democracy today. For those, who want to understand or even shape what happens next, this book is simply a must-read. -- Ania Skrzypek, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels


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