1st Edition
The Political Economy of European Social Democracy A Critical Realist Approach
By David J. Bailey
Copyright 2009
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book takes an in-depth look into recent developments in European social democracy. It begins by highlighting the somewhat paradoxical turn by a number of social democratic parties towards enhanced support for European integration, a move that has occurred despite the apparently ‘neoliberal’ direction of much of EU policy-output.
A critical realist method is adopted, informed by... Read more
1. The Paradox of the ‘New’ Social Democratic Turn to ‘Social Europe’ 2. Analyzing Party Change: A Critical Realist Method 3. Decommodification, Recommodification, and Crisis: The Transformation to ‘New’ Social Democracy 4. ‘New’ Social Democratic Party Relations and the Turn to ‘Social Europe’ 5. (The Absence of) Social Democracy at the EU-Level
Biography
David J. Bailey
