The European Left Party
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 2019
304 pages
978-1-5261-3393-9 (ISBN)
Description
With the stability of the European Union under threat and tensions between the national and supranational increasing, what will happen to the EU party system?
For the internationalist European left, European integration and the role of transnational parties represent a central contention and concern. In May 2004, the European radical left, representing parties to the left of social democracy and the Green party family, created the transnational European Left Party (EL), uniting parties like the German Die Linke, Italian Rifondazione Comunista and Greek Syriza. In 2009, the EL fought the European Parliament elections on the basis of a common manifesto, emerging over the last decade as an apparently stable actor at EU level.
As the first detailed study of the EL this book analyses the role of the party in European politics and the politics of the European radical left. What challenges will the EL have to overcome in order for it to become a significant force for the creation of a genuine, democratic European polity? To what degree has the EL enabled an increase in the electoral or policy influence of the radical left in Europe? Written by two of the foremost experts on the European left, this book is essential reading to those interested in how the left has fared in post-crisis Europe. -- .
For the internationalist European left, European integration and the role of transnational parties represent a central contention and concern. In May 2004, the European radical left, representing parties to the left of social democracy and the Green party family, created the transnational European Left Party (EL), uniting parties like the German Die Linke, Italian Rifondazione Comunista and Greek Syriza. In 2009, the EL fought the European Parliament elections on the basis of a common manifesto, emerging over the last decade as an apparently stable actor at EU level.
As the first detailed study of the EL this book analyses the role of the party in European politics and the politics of the European radical left. What challenges will the EL have to overcome in order for it to become a significant force for the creation of a genuine, democratic European polity? To what degree has the EL enabled an increase in the electoral or policy influence of the radical left in Europe? Written by two of the foremost experts on the European left, this book is essential reading to those interested in how the left has fared in post-crisis Europe. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'Can the radical left somehow bend the European project to its purposes? That's one of the main questions arising from a new book by Richard Dunphy and Luke March, two of the few Anglophone academics who have given radical-left parties serious attention. Their latest work looks at the experience of the European Left Party, a transnational party formed in 2004 by some of Europe's leading RLPs to coordinate their efforts. It opens out into a wider picture of the contemporary radical left and its approach to European integration.'Jacobin -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 black & white illustrations, 20 tables
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-3393-9 (9781526133939)
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Luke March | Richard Dunphy
The European Left Party
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12/2019
Manchester University Press
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Persons
Richard Dunphy is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee
Luke March is Chair of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics, Head of Politics and International Relations and Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre at the University of Edinburgh -- .
Luke March is Chair of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics, Head of Politics and International Relations and Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre at the University of Edinburgh -- .
Content
Introduction
1 EU party politics and the role of the transnational parties
2 Radical left parties and European integration: the legacy of history
3 The origins and emergence of the European Left Party
4 The organisation, structure and political presence of the European Left Party
5 Programmatic and policy coherence and development
6 The EL as the 'nexus of networks'? Developing relations with the movements and broader European radical left
7 The EL in comparative context: organisational and programmatic developments among left-of-centre TNPs
Conclusion
Bibliography -- .
1 EU party politics and the role of the transnational parties
2 Radical left parties and European integration: the legacy of history
3 The origins and emergence of the European Left Party
4 The organisation, structure and political presence of the European Left Party
5 Programmatic and policy coherence and development
6 The EL as the 'nexus of networks'? Developing relations with the movements and broader European radical left
7 The EL in comparative context: organisational and programmatic developments among left-of-centre TNPs
Conclusion
Bibliography -- .
