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Record Nr.

UNISA996207544903316

Autore

Bryan Evans and Ingo Schmidt

Titolo

Social democracy after the Cold War / / edited by bryan evans and ingo schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2012

Edmonton, Alberta] : , : AU Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-926836-89-8

1-283-55046-6

9786613862914

1-926836-88-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmidtIngo <1964->

EvansBryan <1960->

Disciplina

335

Soggetti

Socialism - History - 20th century

Socialism - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- The New Social Democracy -- It's the Economy, Stupid! -- Theoretical Reflections on Third Way Social Democracy -- From Protest Movement to Neoliberal Management -- Canada's New Democratic Party in the Era of Permanent Austerity -- American Social Democracy -- Exceptional but Otherwise Familiar -- The British Labour Party -- In Search of Identity Between Labour and Parliament -- Social Democratic Parties and Unions in a Globalized World -- The Australian Experience -- Swedish Social Democracy after The Cold War -- Whatever Happened to the Movement? -- The Social Democratic Party in Germany -- Caught Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Rise of The Left -- The Québec Turn -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Footnotes -- Chapter 3 -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Chapter 4 -- 1 -- Chapter 8 -- 1 -- 2.

Sommario/riassunto

The end of the Cold War was widely seen as a victory for free market capitalism. It also issued into a short-lived revival of social democracy.



Drawing on evidence from different countries, the book explains the rise and fall of social democratic government.