Author: Tom Gallagher
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719025006
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Christiane Lemke
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822311973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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The revolutions in Eastern Europe and the recasting of socialism in Western Europe since 1989 have given rise to intense debate over the origins, character, and implications of the "crisis" of socialism. Is socialism in ideological, electoral, or organizational decline? Is the decline inevitable or can socialism be revitalized? This volume draws together historians and political scientists of Eastern and Western European politics to address these questions. The collection begins with an historical overview of socialism in Western Europe and moves toward the suggestion of a framework for a post-socialist discourse. Among the topics covered are: the birth and death of communism and a regime type in Eastern Europe; how different forms of national communism were smothered by Sovietization in the postwar period; the origins of revolutions in Eastern Europe; the potential for social democracy in Hungary; the role of the Left in a reunified German; and directions for the Left in general. Contributors. Geoff Eley, Konrad Jarausch, Herbert Kitschelt, Christiane Lemke, Andrei Markovits, Gary Marks, Wolfgang Merkel, Norman Naimark, Iván and Szonja Szelénya, Sharon Wolchik

Author: Alan Granadino
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000518698
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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With a combined focus on social democrats in Northern and Southern Europe, this book crucially broadens our understanding of the transformation of European social democracy from the mid-1970s to the early-1990s. In doing so, it revisits the transformation of this ideological family at the end of the Cold War, and before the launch of Third Way politics, and examines the dynamics and power relations at play among European social democratic parties in a context of nascent globalisation. The chronological, methodological and geographical approaches adopted allow for a more nuanced narrative of change for European social democracy than the hitherto dominant centric perspective. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of social democracy, the European Centre-left, political parties, ideologies and more broadly to comparative politics and European politics and history.

Author: Alan Granadino
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032020099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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With a combined focus on social democrats in Northern and Southern Europe, this book crucially broadens our understanding of the transformation of European social democracy from the mid-1970s to the early-1990s. In doing so, it revisits the transformation of this ideological family at the end of the Cold War, and before the launch of Third Way politics, and examines the dynamics and power relations at play among European social democratic parties in a context of nascent globalisation. The chronological, methodological and geographical approaches adopted allow for a more nuanced narrative of change for European social democracy than the hitherto dominant centric perspective. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of social democracy, the European Centre-left, political parties, ideologies and more broadly to comparative politics and European politics and history. The Introduction chapter of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Author: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801865176
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single "Southern European model" has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe. Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens • Richard Gunther, Ohio State University • Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey • Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego • Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence • Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University • José R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid • Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia • Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste • Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna • Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens • Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main • Anna Bosco, University of Trieste

Author: Allan M. Williams
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: José María Maravall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788479190439
Category : Europe, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Author: Lawrence Wilde
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Is there a future for socialism in Europe? The collapse of the communist dictatorships and the electoral reverses suffered by social democratic parties have called into question the whole historical project of challenging the power of capitalism. Modern European Socialism examines social democratic and communist responses to the immense changes which have occurred in the world economy since the collapse of the post-war boom. The power of global capital to dictate the conditions for investment has made it virtually impossible to promote egalitarian policies at the level of the nation state. However, Wilde argues that socialism can renew its relevance at a European level, if the process of economic integration culminates in a fully-fledged European state.

Author: Lauri Karvonen
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Using the Scandinavian experience of social democracy as a starting point the contributors to this collection look at the development of social democracy in other areas of Europe, in particular Southern Europe – Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy – and also Eastern Europe. In addition to describing the main features of social democracy in each area, the contributors identify the basic similarities and differences between them.

Author: Carl Boggs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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A collection of essays defining and analyzing the main features of Eurocommunism and assessing its long-term relevance for socialist polities--not only in Western Europe, but in the United States and elsewhere. Discusses the increasingly powerful role of the Communist parties in France, Italy and Spain, and the way that role has evolved in relation to changing domestic and international conditions. The geographical focus is dictated in part by the strength of the common traditions and problems in southern Europe.