1st Edition
The Resistible Corrosion of Europe’s Center-Left After 2008
1. Introduction: The Decline and Corrosion of Europe’s Center-Left after the 2008 Financial Crisis
Georg Menz
2. The Undoing of the French Socialist Party
Remi Lefebvre
3. The Resistible Corrosion of Europe’s Centre-Left: The Case of the British Labour Party since the 2008 Financial Crisis
Patrick Diamond
4. The Not so Inevitable Decline of Social Democracy in Germany
Georg Menz
5. The Slow, But Persistent Erosion of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
Maria Oskarsson
6. Uncommon past, common present? The decline of Italy’s centre-left
Gianni del Panta and Mattia Guidi
7. From State Party to Party crisis: The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
Günther Sandner
8. The Continued Decline of Dutch Social Democracy
Hans Keman
9. Bucking the Trend: The Extraordinary Bounce Back of the Danish Center-Left
Peter Nedergaard
10. Conclusion: The Malaise of Europe’s Center-Left
Georg Menz
Biography
Georg Menz holds the Dragas Chair in International Studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
"Georg Menz and his colleagues present an uncompromising and trenchant account of the current state of European social democracy. Whether one agrees with all their analyses or not, they present questions that policy-makers and academic observers simply cannot avoid if they want to rescue the Centre Left in the coming years."
Colin Crouch, Professor Emeritus at Warwick Business School, UK
