Europe's radical left : from marginality to the mainstream? / edited by Luke March and Daniel Keith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

March, Luke, editor.

Keith, Daniel, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe.

Political parties.

Radicalism--Europe.

Radicalism.

Right and left (Political science)--Europe.

Right and left (Political science).

Communist parties--Europe.

Communist parties.

Socialist parties--Europe.

Socialist parties.

Politics and government.

Europe--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2016.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]

System Details:

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Summary:

Although the most pernicious consequences of the crisis have apparently abated, the long-term political repercussions remain unclear. Whereas most attention has focused on the right-wing populist parties, the rejuvenation of the left is an unwritten story of post-crisis politics. This volume addresses this story, with three principal aims: * to examine the radical left intellectual response to the crisis, i.e. how actors conceptualise the causes of crisis and its consequences; * to examine the radical left electoral response to the crisis, i.e. how the crisis has aided or weakened the electoral success of radical left parties and movements; * to examine organisational responses, i.e. whether the crisis has resulted in new party structures, methods of organising, and internal party tendencies. The result is a comprehensive compendium, drawing on cutting-edge research from leading European experts to present the first comparative analysis of how the far left of the political spectrum has responded to the crisis. It furthers our understanding both of the dynamics of European party systems and the wider consequences of the Great Recession.

Contents:

Radical left "success" before and after the great recession : still waiting for the great leap forward? / Luke March

Capitalist crisis or crisis of capitalism? : how the radical left conceptualises the crisis / David J. Bailey

Uplifting the masses? : radical left parties and social movements during the crisis / Oscar García Agustín & Martin Bak Jørgensen

The radical left and immigration : resilient or acquiescent in the face of the radical right? / Francis McGowan and Daniel Keith

The French radical left and the crisis : "business as usual" rather than "le grand soir" / Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira

Ideological confirmation and party consolidation: Germany's Die Linke and the financial and refugee crises / Amieke Bouma

Failing to capitalise on the crisis : the Dutch Socialist Party / Daniel Keith

The Icelandic left-green movement from victory to defeat / Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir and Andrés Ingi Jónsson

Struggling for coherence : Irish radical left and nationalist responses to the austerity crisis / Richard Dunphy

Czech communists and the crisis : between radical alternative and pragmatic Europeanization / Vladimír Handl and Andreas Goffin

Latvia's "Russian left" : trapped between ethnic, socialist, and social-democratic identities / Ammon Cheskin and Luke March

The Portuguese radical left and the great recession : old challenges and new responses / André Freire and Marco Lisi

The left and the crisis in Cyprus : "in the midst of change they do not change" / Gregoris Ioannou and Giorgos Charalambous

Greek radical left responses to the crisis : three types of political mobilisation, one winner / Costas Eleftheriou

Riders on the storm : united left and Podemos during the 2008 great recession / Luis Ramiro

To EU or not to EU? : the transnational radical left and the crisis / Michael Holmes and Simon Lightfoot

Conclusion : the European radical left : past, present, no future? / Daniel Keith and Luke March.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-8181-287-4

1-78348-537-X

OCLC:

958876659