Why the Left Loses

Foreword ~ Sheri Berman


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


The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness ~ Rob Manwaring and Matt Beech


Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democracts ~ David McGrane


The 'soft target' of Labour in New Zealand ~ Grant Duncan


Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality ~ Carol Johnson


Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor ~ Rob Manwaring


Part 2: The centre-left in Western Europe


Germany: little hope in times of crisis ~ Uwe Jun


The Swedish Social Democrats and the 'new Swedish model': playing a losing game ~ Claes Belfrage and Mikko Kuisma


Between a rock and a hard place in Spain: the PSOE ~ Paul Kennedy


The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis ~ Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot


Part 3: Conclusion: Why the left loses


The end of revisionism? ~ Chris Pierson


Social democracy and the populist challenge ~ Rene Cuperus


The dilemmas of social democracy ~ Paul Kennedy and Rob Manwaring