{"product_id":"in-search-of-social-democracy-9780719079207","title":"In Search of Social Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe search for social democracy has not been an easy one over the last three decades. The economic crisis of the 1970s, and the consequent rise of neo-liberalism, confronted social democrats with difficult new circumstances: tax-resistant electorates, the globalisation of capital and Western deindustrialisation. In response, a new bout of ideological revisionism consumed social democratic parties. But did this revisionism simply amount to a neo-liberalisation of the Left or did it propose a recognisably social democratic agenda? Were these ideological adaptations the only feasible ones or were there other forms of modernisation that might have yielded greater strategic dividends for the Left? Why did some social democratic parties feel it necessary to take their revisionism much further than others? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn search of social democracy\u003c\/em\u003e brings together prominent scholars of social democracy to address these questions. Focusing on the social democratic heartland of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – John Callaghan, Nina Fishman, Ben Jackson, Martin McIvor\u003cbr\u003ePart I: After the Golden Age – social democracy in crisis\u003cbr\u003e1. Explanations for the neo-liberal direction of social democracy: Germany, Sweden and Australia compared – Ashley Lavelle\u003cbr\u003e2. Fiscal policies, social spending and economic performance in France, Germany and the UK Since 1970 – Norman Flynn\u003cbr\u003e3. From The future of socialism (1956) to a future without socialism? The crisis of British social democratic political economy – Noel Thompson\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Responses to the crisis – the Third Way and other revisions\u003cbr\u003e4. The political economy of French social democratic economic policy autonomy, 1997–2002: credibility, dirigisme and globalisation – Ben Clift\u003cbr\u003e5. The Spanish Workers’ Party: continuity, innovation and renewal – Paul Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e6. A mew Swedish model? Swedish social democracy at the crossroads – Dimitris Tsarouhas\u003cbr\u003e7. The modernisation of German social democracy? Towards a Third Way and back – Hartwig Pautz\u003cbr\u003e8. The meaning of modernisation: New Labour and public sector reform – Eric Shaw \u003cbr\u003e9. Reformism in a ‘conservative’ system: the European Union and social democratic identity –  Gerassimos Moschonas\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Resources for rethinking\u003cbr\u003e10. ‘Unlocking the talent of every citizen’: debates about potential and ambition in British socialist thought – Jeremy Nuttall\u003cbr\u003e11. The continuing relevance of Croslandite social democracy – Kevin Hickson\u003cbr\u003e12. The rhetoric of redistribution – Ben Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e13. Republicanism, socialism and the renewal of the left – Martin McIvor\u003cbr\u003e14. Economic democracy instead of more capitalism: core historical concepts reconsidered – Adrian Zimmermann\u003cbr\u003e15. Afterword – Nina Fishman\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037322707287,"sku":"9780719079207","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719079207.jpg?v=1750935284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-search-of-social-democracy-9780719079207","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}