1st Edition
Europeanizing Social Democracy? The Rise of the Party of European Socialists
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Theoretical Perspectives: How to understand Europarties
2: Historical Context: from the First International to the PES
3: The Social democratic policy area: PES Employment Policy
4: The PES and the development of Socialist Environment Policy
5: A success story? PES Influence over the outcomes of the Treaty of Amsterdam
6: PES influence on the EU agenda since Amsterdam
Conclusion: The PES and the Europeanization of social democracy
Appendix One: Full Member, Associate And Observer Parties of the PES
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Simon Lightfoot is a lecturer in European Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. His interests include Europarties, in particular the Party of European Socialists, and European Union Environmental Policy. He is co-author with J. Burchell of Greening the European Union (Sheffield/Continuum Publishers, 2001).
'With the pressures exerted on traditional forms of democracy by neo-liberal economic forces, and the growing inter-dependence of the states of the European Union, the Party of European Socialists has great potential importance. The supreme virtue of Simon Lightfoot's thoughtful and well-researched book is that it avoids the extremes of wild optimis and undue pessimisim. Anyone who wishes to understand the significance of social democracy at a transnational level will learn a great deal from this book.' - Professor Michael Lightfoot, London Metropolitan University, UK
'This book will prove very interesting to scholars of European political parties and social democracy.' - Political Studies Review
