1st Edition
Social Democracy and European Integration The politics of preference formation
1. Introduction: Social Democracy, European Integration and Preference Formation Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos 2. The SPD’s Preferences on European Integration: Always One Step Behind? Christoph Egle 3. The French Socialist Party and European Integration: Faltering Europeanism? Philippe Marlière 4. The Labour Party and European Integration: An Awkward Relationship Hussein Kassim 5. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement and European Integration: The Primacy of the Leader Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos and Argyris G. Passas 6. Swedish Social Democracy and European Integration: Enduring Divisions Karl-Magnus Johansson and Göran von Sydow 7. Conclusion Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Biography
Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck University of London, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He teaches European integration and comparative public policy in Europe at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. He is the founding director of the MSc/MRes European Public Policy and is responsible for the MSc/MRes Politics of Europe & the European Union. His research interests include:
- The politics of European integration
- Social democracy and the process of integration in Europe
- Preference formation
- The EU and the member states
- Institutional reform
- The implementation of EU public policy
- Ideational explanations of political phenomena
- Institutionalist accounts of politics
- Contemporary Greek politics
