Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union write by Robert Ladrech. This book was released on 2000. Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. He also explores what this new form of political activity means for European politics, arguing that the traditional positions of left and right may be becoming increasingly significant within the EU's evolving, transnational political culture.
Social Democratic Parties in the European Union
Social Democratic Parties in the European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Democratic Parties in the European Union write by R. Ladrech. This book was released on 1999-01-13. Social Democratic Parties in the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a concise and accessible coverage of the historical background, the organization and policies of the fifteen social democratic parties in the European Union with a focus on the 1945-1990s period. It combines an updated study of the evolution of each party's ideology, sociology and policies, with attention also to the impact of European integration on the fortunes of social democratic forces. The book can be used as a reference text by academics, students and political practitioners and contains contact details and important reference information for each party.
Social Democracy and European Integration
Social Democracy and European Integration - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Democracy and European Integration write by Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos. This book was released on 2010-09-13. Social Democracy and European Integration available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What kind of Europe do social democratic parties prefer? What is the origin of their preferences? Are they shaped by interests, institutions or ideas? If so, how? Why do social democratic political parties respond differently to the crucial question of the future of the European Union? While many social democratic parties initially opposed European integration either in principle or because of the form it took, gradually they came to lend their full, though often critical, support to it. Despite this evolution, important differences between them have remained. This book examines the preferences of social democratic parties in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Greece towards European integration, in comparative perspective. Using a variety of sources, including interviews with key party officials, the contributors explore what kind of Europe these parties want, and seek to explain the formation and evolution of these preferences over time. They examine the interplay of national peculiarities and cross-national factors and their impact on preferences on European integration. In addition to highlighting the role of party leaders, they reveal that, far from being united on European integration, these parties disagree with each other in part because they have retreated – to varying degrees – from key social democratic principles. Making an important contribution to the scholarship on preference formation and the research that links the European Union with the nation state, it will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU, comparative politics and political parties.
Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe
Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe write by Giuliano Bonoli. This book was released on 2004-07-31. Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The end of the twentieth century saw an unprecedented coincidence of electoral success for social democratic parties in western Europe leading to intensive discussion on the future of this new European left. The debates often centred on the notion of a 'Third way' and generated major expectations for policy change among social democratic politicians and voters. The authors collected here examine the recent social and employment policies of these progressive parties, looking for change in the guiding principles of policy and on actual policy decisions. They show how the maxims of demand management and egalitarianism have been replaced by social investment and equality of opportunity and demonstrate the full extent of convergence on policies such as employment maximization, the containment of social expenditure and a shift towards a social investment welfare state.
Europeanizing Social Democracy?
Europeanizing Social Democracy? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Europeanizing Social Democracy? write by Simon Lightfoot. This book was released on 2005. Europeanizing Social Democracy? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Including case studies on the role the Party of European Socialists (PES) played during the Amsterdam and Nice Treaty negotiations, this book assesses how successful the PES has been in the development of a real European socialist party.
