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Why the left loses : the decline of the centre-left in comparative perspective /

"Social democracy is on the back-foot, and increasingly centre-left political parties are struggling to win office. Bringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the left loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Manwaring, Rob (Editor), Kennedy, Paul, 1963- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2018.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Sheri Berman
  • One. Why the left loses: understanding the comparative decline of the centre-left / Rob Manwaring and Paul Kennedy
  • Part 1: The centre-left in the Anglosphere. Two. The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness / Rob Manwaring and Matt Beech
  • Three. Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democrats / David McGrane
  • Four. The 'soft target' of Labour in New Zealand / Grant Duncan
  • Five. Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality / Carol Johnson
  • Six. Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor / Rob Manwaring
  • Part 2: The centre-left in Western Europe. Seven. Germany: little hope in times of crisis / Uwe Jun
  • Eight. The Swedish Social Democrats and the 'new Swedish model': playing a losing game / Claes Belfrage and Mikko Kuisma
  • Nine. Between a rock and a hard place in Spain" the PSOE / Paul Kennedy
  • Ten. The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis / Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot
  • Part 3: Conclusion: Why the left loses. Eleven. The end of revisionism? / Chris Pierson
  • Twelve. Social democracy and the populist challenge / René Cuperus
  • Thirteen. The dilemmas of social democracy / Paul Kennedy and Rob Manwaring.