Martin Powell (ed.)

Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe

Herausgeber: Bonoli, Giuliano; Powell, Martin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 They show how the maxims of demand management and egalitarianism have been replaced by social investment and equality of opportunity and demonstrate the full extent of convergence on policies such as employment maximization, the containment of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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Concise edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780415304252
• ISBN-10: 0415304253
• Artikelnr.: 21380486

Autorenporträt

Giuliano Bonoli works at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bern and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Martin Powell is Reader in Social Policy in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Social Democracy in Europe: Renewal or Retreat? Martin Powell 2. Policy
Changes of European Social Democrats, 1945-1998 Andrea Volkens 3. Models of
Citizenship and Social Democratic Policies Dietmar Braun and Oliver Giraud
4. Social Policy in Belgium and the Netherlands: Third Way or Not? Renaat
Hoop 5. The Portuguese Socialists and the Third Way Marina Costa Lobo and
Pedro C. Magalhaes 6. Turning Ideas into Policies: Implementing Modern
Social-Democratic Thinking in Germany's Pension Policy Martin Hering 7. The
Social and Employment Policies of the Jospin Government Ben Clift 8. The
Third Way in Welfare State Reform? Social Democratic Pension Politics in
Germany and Sweden Karen Anderson and Traute Meyer 9. Why do Social
Democratic Parties Change Employment Policy Positions? A Comparison of
Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom Monika Feigl-Heihs 10. From
'Eurokeynesianism' to the 'Third Way'. The Party of European Socialists
(PES) and European Employment Policies11. Social Democratic Party Policies
in Europe: Towards a Third Way? Giuliano Bonoli