{"product_id":"whats-left-of-the-left-9780822350613","title":"Whats Left of the Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[D]istinguished scholars offer reflections on the past struggles and accomplishments of left-leaning parties in Europe and the United States and speculate about their future. . . . The book makes the important point that as advanced societies navigate the current moment of global economic uncertainty, liberals and social democrats have a new opportunity to regroup and rethink policies that promote economic security and social justice.” -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e“This book provides a timely update of much of this literature… that will be of particular use to students seeking to get up to speed with the empirical and historical development of social democracy in these particular concrete contexts. Most of the chapters also bring this concrete discussion further up to date than it currently is in most other existing literature on social democratic parties.” -- David Bailey * West European Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\"In addition to its historical scope, \u003ci\u003eWhat’s Left\u003c\/i\u003e sets itself apart from the rest of its genre by including three chapters on the U.S. (regarding the Democratic Party’s evolving coalition, the American welfare state, and U.S. trade policy), making the point that the experiences of the American and European lefts are similar enough that the 'Democrats and social democrats' of the book’s subtitle have much to learn from one another.\"  -- Geoffrey Kurtz * Logos *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The New World of the Center-Left \/ James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Ideas, Projects, and Electoral Realities \u003cbr\u003e Social Democracy's Past and Potential Future \/ Sheri Berman 29\u003cbr\u003e Historical Decline or Change of Scale? The Electoral Dynamics of European Social Democratic Parties, 1950–2009 \/ Gerassimos Moschonas 50\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Varieties of Social Democracy and Liberalism \u003cbr\u003e Once Again a Model: Nordic Social Democracy in a Globalized World \/ Jonas Pontusson 89\u003cbr\u003e Embracing Markets, Bonding with America, Trying to Do Good: The Ironies of New Labour \/ James Cronin 116\u003cbr\u003e Reluctantly Center-Left? The French Case \/ Arthur Goldhammer and George Ross 141\u003cbr\u003e The Evolving Democratic Coalition: Prospects and Problems \/ Ruy Teixeira 162\u003cbr\u003e Party Politics and the American Welfare State \/ Christopher Howard 188\u003cbr\u003e Grappling with Globalization: The Democratic Party's Struggles over International Market Integration \/ James Shoch 210\u003cbr\u003e Part III: New Risks, New Challenges, New Possibilities \u003cbr\u003e European Center-Left Parties and New Social Risks: Facing Up to New Policy Challenges \/ Jane Jenson 241\u003cbr\u003e Immigration and the European Left \/ Sofía Pérez 265\u003cbr\u003e The Central and Eastern European Left: A Political Family under Construction \/ Jean-Michel De Waele and Sorina Soare 290\u003cbr\u003e European Center-Lefts and the Mazes of European Integration \/ George Ross 319\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Progressive Politics in Tough Times \/ James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 343\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 363\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors 395\u003cbr\u003e Index 399","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406066852183,"sku":"9780822350613","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822350613.jpg?v=1730494413","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/whats-left-of-the-left-9780822350613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}