Ashley Lavelle

The Death of Social Democracy

Political Consequences in the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing an original argument about the decline of social democracy, the author investigates how its decline has increased the popularity of minor parties and independents, along with the reasons for social democratic membership and electoral decline. This is an important book for scholars of social democracy and the broader themes of world politics, political parties, social movements and globalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780754670148
• ISBN-10: 0754670147
• Artikelnr.: 35016464

Autorenporträt

Dr Ashley Lavelle is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction: the social democratic malaise. Part 1 The
Death of Social Democracy and its Political Consequences: Social democracy
and neo-liberalism; Explaining the death of social democracy; Political
consequences of the death of social democracy. Part 2 The Death of Social
Democracy in Australia: The 'light on the hill' extinguished; Political
consequences: a green altenative to social democracy? Part 3 The Death of
Social Democracy in Britain: New Labour, not Labour; Political
consequences: a fragmenting base. Part 4 The Death of Social Democracy in
Germany: Rescuing Standort Deutschland; Political consequences: the '1930s
in slow motion'. Part 5 The Death of Social Democracy in Sweden: The
decline of the Swedish model; Political consequences: the SAP loses its
invincibility; Conclusions; Bibliography; Indexes.