Social democracy in the 21st Century / Edited by Nik Brandal, ivind Bratberg and Dag Einar Thorsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thorsen, Dag Einar, 1979- editor.

Bratberg, Øivind, 1980- editor.

Brandal, Nikolai, 1973- editor.

Series:

Comparative Social Research Series

Comparative Social Research Series ; v.35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Socialism--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

Social democracy is in a process of change as a number of developments challenge its organizational, ideational and electoral basis. This book elaborates on how social democracy should be understood under these changing circumstances, how social democratic parties have responded and what future trajectories await.

Contents:

Cover

SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Series page

Copyright

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORIAL BOARD

LIST OF REVIEWERS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

Introduction: Social Democracy in the 21st Century

Abstract

The Mixed Fortunes of Social Democracy since 1989

What Is Social Democracy?

What Problems Lie Ahead?

Social Democratic Responses and Debates

References

Social Democratic Challenges in the South - And Why They Matter for the North Too*

The Crisis Is Global

Weak, Neglected Partners

Short of Alternative

Why Is Social Democracy So Difficult in the South?

Enduring Lessons from the Second Generation Social Democrats

Democracy Feasible but Neglected

Prime Importance of Politics in the Rise of Capitalism Also Neglected

Social Democratic Internationalisation stalled, but There Was a Third Wave of Democracy

Insights from Third Generation Social Democracy

Dearth of Working Class

Bottom-up Insufficient

Decentralisation Too Narrow

Neglected Representation

Welfare and Growth Bifurcated

Transformative Politics Left behind

What Can Be Done?

Notes

Each Unhappy in Its Own Way? The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy in the Visegrád Countries since 1989

Theoretical Framework: Organisation, Party Competition and Cleavages

Historical Background

The Founding, Rise and Fall of Social Democracy since 1989

First Cut: Party Organisation and Elites

Second Cut: 'It's Not the Economy, Stupid!'

Third Cut: Party Strategy and Opportunity Structure Explain the Rise

Each Unhappy in Its Own Way?

Conclusion

Social Democratic Trade Unions in the Knowledge Economy: Challenges, Pathways and Dilemmas

Abstract.

Introduction

Social Democratic Unionism from a Comparative Perspective

Challenges

Technological change and the Knowledge Economy

New Socio-political Coalitions

Keeping Employers In

Pathways and Dilemmas

Going Radical

Going Academic

Going Old-School

Conclusions

Basic Income and Social Democratic Policies

Introduction

Social Democratic Ideas

Guaranteed Income Schemes-A Brief Look at History

Social Democracy and Basic Income in the Early Twentieth Century

The Social-democratic Welfare State Model

Welfare and Work

Policies of Reciprocity and Basic Income

Guaranteed Jobs

Attitudes towards Basic Income

The Economic Sustainability of a Basic Income

Basic Income and The sustainability of the Welfare State

Closing Comments

Governance by Hybrid Advisory Committees - A Hallmark of Social Democracy?

Approach

The NOU System - Norwegian Official Reports

The German System of Ad hoc Advisory Committees

The EU Commission's Expert Groups

Social Democracy and Beyond: Consensus-oriented Political and Epistemological Systems

Disclaimer

In the Quest for a European Social Model: The EU Integration Path of Social Democratic Parties in Germany and Spain

Similarities and Differences between SPD and PSOE

Between the Government and the Opposition

Scope and Methodology of the Analysis

Reasons for the Decline of European Social Democracy

Modelling a Social Europe as a Visionary Project

Definitions of the Integration Mode of the EU

The Case of Positive Integration

The Case of Negative Integration

Definitions of an Optimum EMU

The Case of a Stability Union

The Case of a Fiscal Union

The Cornerstones of the European Social Model.

The European Social Model in the Eyes of Social Democratic Parties

(A) SPD's European Social Model

Praising a Neoliberal European Social Model

Towards a Minimum Standard European Social Model

Cautious Steps towards a Full European Social Model

(B) PSOE's European Social Model

Whirled between a Minimum Standard European Social Model and a Neoliberal European Social Model

Big Leaps towards a Full European Social Model

Less Details on a Full European Social Model

Comparative Reflexion and Conclusions

Walking the Neoliberal Path

Shaping an Adequate Economic Frame for a Social Europe

A Keynesian Blueprint for Europe's Future?

Acknowledgements

Social Democracy and the 'Territorial Question': Understanding the Attitudes of Social Democratic Parties towards Decentral ...

Political Parties and Decentralisation

A Framework for Analysing Social Democratic Attitudes towards Decentralisation: Ideology, Strategic Incentives and Internal ...

Ideology: Competing Traditions and Dimensions

Strategic Incentives: Competing with Regionalist and Mainstream Rivals

Regional Nationalist Parties

Mainstream Parties

Internal Constraints: The Mechanism of Policy Shifts

Policy Credibility

Party Organisational Structures

Cross-national Analysis: Determinants of Positioning

Comparative Case Analysis: Determinants of Policy Shift

Decentralist Reforms

Regionalist Parties Set the Agenda

Policy Credibility and Decentralised Organisation as the Mechanisms of Policy Shift

The Limited Effect of Incumbency

Resistance to Change

Regional Nationalist Parties Set the Agenda

Policy Credibility and Party Organisation as Barriers to Decentralist Policy Shifts

Partisan Interests as Barriers to Decentralisation

References.

From Bounded Universalism to the Trial of Internationalisation: Migration and Social Democracy in Scandinavia

Theoretical Perspectives

The Comparative Puzzle

The Legacy of the 1970s

The New Cultural Pluralism

A Social Democratic Integration Ideology in the Making

Immigration Policy

Integration Policy

Similarities and Differences

Duties First, Rights Next! The Danish Social Democrats' Right Turn on Migration Politics

Who Is the Genuine Social Democrat?

'They Were Right!': S and the Mayors' Dispute on Immigration

From 'Rights with Duties' towards 'Duties for Rights'

Bracing Old with New Immigration Debates

New Cleavages and Challenges for Social Democracy

2015: Veering Right on Immigration

Fair and Realistic

Against Bloc Politics: Opening up to Transversal Alliances

Mixed Reactions from the Party Ranks and Files

Third Way Departures and 21st-Century Social Democracy: Corbyn vs Macron

The Third Way and after

Downfall and Austerity

When the Centre Cannot Hold

Two Departures: Corbynism vs Macronism

Corbyn's Labour: An Ideological Turn

Organisational Reform

Macronism: Beyond Left and Right?

Movement Politics

Learning from Two Distinct Pathways

Note

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-83909-952-6

OCLC:

1232276565