What’s Left of the Left? [[electronic resource] ] : Democrats and Social Democrats in Challenging Times / / edited by James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910311935203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-27336-5; 9786613273369; 0-8223-9451-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ShochJames; RossGeorge <1940->; CroninJames E
• Disciplina: 324.2/17094
• Soggetti: Right and left (Political science); Political parties; Globalization - Political aspects; Mondialisation - Aspect politique; Political parties - United States - History; Political parties - Europe - History; Livres numériques.; History; United States; Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: In Knowledge unlatched.; Versement en lot.
• Nota di contenuto: Social democracy's past and potential future / Sheri Berman -- Historical decline or change of scale? The electoral dynamics of European social democratic parties, 1950-2009 / Gerassimos Moschonas -- Once again a model : Nordic social democracy in a globalized world / Jonas Pontusson -- Embracing markets, bonding with America, trying to do good : the ironies of New Labour / James Cronin -- Reluctantly center-left? The French case / Arthur ; Goldhammer and George Ross -- The evolving democratic coalition : prospects and problems / Ruy Teixeira -- Party politics and the American welfare state / Christopher Howard -- Grappling with globalization : the Democratic Party's struggles over international market integration / James Shoch -- European center-left parties and new social risks : facing up to new policy challenges / Jane Jenson -- Immigration and the European left / Sofía Pérez -- The Central and Eastern European left : a political family under construction / Jean-Michel De Waele and Sorina Soare -- European center-lefts and the mazes of European integration / George Ross.
• Sommario/riassunto: What's Left of the Left offers studies comparing how center-left political parties and movements have fared since the 1970s throughout Europe and in the United States.