After a period of electoral dominance, centre-left parties in
western Europe have suffered a dramatic erosion of support; the
vote share enjoyed by social democrats is at its lowest ever level.
Social democracy stands at a point of great promise, but also
peril. This book explores these themes and argues that to write off
centre-left politics now would be a great mistake. It counters the
idea that social democratic values have been rejected by voters.
The ideal of solidarity and the need to forge bonds of connection
in a volatile, interdependent world is as compelling as it always
was. At the same time, the centre left clearly faces difficulties:
'the forward march of labour' has been abruptly halted while
declining trust in politics adds to the problem of constructing
viable electoral coalitions. The UK's decision to vote to leave the
European Union is symptomatic of societies throughout Europe that
are irreparably divided between voters who embrace economic change
and openness, and those who are opposed to it. Social democracy has
to find new ways to build bridges between 'open' and 'closed'
communities by updating public institutions and policies, just as
socialist parties did in the immediate aftermath of the second
world war.
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