After the Third Way
The Future of Social Democracy in Europe
Published on 29. February 2012
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-84885-992-0 (ISBN)
Description
The social democratic parties were once the strongest political forces in Europe. Today, however, they appear disorientated and rudderless, crucially lacking the ideological, intellectual and organisational vitality which underpinned their strength in the post-war political landscape. Electorally marginalised, seemingly ideologically exhausted and often out-of-step with the contemporary zeitgeist, European social democracy is currently in profound need of revision and renewal - potentially its very existence as a political force is under threat. This book marks a serious attempt to forge the intellectual backbone of a renewed social democracy fit for the twenty-first century. Bringing together leading academics, political thinkers and policy experts, it offers a new and original perspective on ideological and policy innovation and will be invaluable reading for anyone interested in the future of social democracy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84885-992-0 (9781848859920)
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Persons
Olaf Cramme is Director of Policy Network. Previously, he was Lecturer in European Politics at London Metropolitan University and worked as a Parliamentary Researcher at the Houses of Parliament. He has published widely on global governance, the future of the European Union and European social democracy. He holds a PhD in European Studies from London Metropolitan University and studied history, politics and international relations at the University of Heidelberg and at the University Paris-Sorbonne. Patrick Diamond is Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network. He is also a Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was formerly Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. Diamond has spent ten years as a Special Adviser in various roles at the heart of British Government, including No. 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) where he served as Group Director of Strategy. Tobias Durr is a German political scientist and journalist. He Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Berliner Republik". He holds a PhD from the Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen and writes regularly for the media, including the newspaper Die Zeit.
Content
Preface
Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond
The Guiding Purpose of Centre-Left Politics
1 From Fatalism to Fraternity: Governing Purpose and the Good Society
Patrick Diamond, Policy Network
2 Social Democracy in a Global Era
Luke Martell, University of Sussex
Policy Predicaments
3 The Mechanics of Markets: Politics, Economics and Finance
John Kay, London School of Economics
4 Debt and Deficits: The Quest for Economic Competence
Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge
5 Social Democracy at the End of the Welfare State?
Peter Gooby-Taylor, University of Kent
6 Building Sustainable Solidarity: Institutional Legitimacy and Social Trust
Bo Rothstein, Gothenburg University
7 Progress and Social Policy: Two and a Half Cheers for Education
Lane Kenworthy, University of Arizona
8 Social Cohesion, Culture Politics and the Impact of Migration
Mark Elchardus, University of Brussels & Rene Cuperus, Wiardi Beckman Stichting
9 Identity, Community and a Politics of Recognition
Mike Kenny, University of Sheffield
Governance and Politics
10 The Politics of European Integration
Olaf Cramme, Policy Network
11 After the Mass Party: Progressive Coalitions for a Fragmented Left?
Frank Decker & Volker Best, University of Bonn
12 Back to the Future: Towards a Red-Green Politics
John McTernan, political strategist
13 The Squeezed Middle and the New Inequality
Liam Byrne, UK Labour Party
14 Coming to terms with the Challenges to Internationalism
John Lloyd, The Financial Times
15 Citizen Engagement and the Quest for Solidarity
Henry Tam, Cambridge University
16 Cooperation, Creativity and Equality: Key Concepts for a New Social Democratic Era
Robert Misik, independent political analyst & Tobias Duerr, Berliner Republik
Afterword
Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond
Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond
The Guiding Purpose of Centre-Left Politics
1 From Fatalism to Fraternity: Governing Purpose and the Good Society
Patrick Diamond, Policy Network
2 Social Democracy in a Global Era
Luke Martell, University of Sussex
Policy Predicaments
3 The Mechanics of Markets: Politics, Economics and Finance
John Kay, London School of Economics
4 Debt and Deficits: The Quest for Economic Competence
Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge
5 Social Democracy at the End of the Welfare State?
Peter Gooby-Taylor, University of Kent
6 Building Sustainable Solidarity: Institutional Legitimacy and Social Trust
Bo Rothstein, Gothenburg University
7 Progress and Social Policy: Two and a Half Cheers for Education
Lane Kenworthy, University of Arizona
8 Social Cohesion, Culture Politics and the Impact of Migration
Mark Elchardus, University of Brussels & Rene Cuperus, Wiardi Beckman Stichting
9 Identity, Community and a Politics of Recognition
Mike Kenny, University of Sheffield
Governance and Politics
10 The Politics of European Integration
Olaf Cramme, Policy Network
11 After the Mass Party: Progressive Coalitions for a Fragmented Left?
Frank Decker & Volker Best, University of Bonn
12 Back to the Future: Towards a Red-Green Politics
John McTernan, political strategist
13 The Squeezed Middle and the New Inequality
Liam Byrne, UK Labour Party
14 Coming to terms with the Challenges to Internationalism
John Lloyd, The Financial Times
15 Citizen Engagement and the Quest for Solidarity
Henry Tam, Cambridge University
16 Cooperation, Creativity and Equality: Key Concepts for a New Social Democratic Era
Robert Misik, independent political analyst & Tobias Duerr, Berliner Republik
Afterword
Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond