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The global financial crisis of 2007-8 did not offer the political
and economic opportunities to the left that many thought it would.
As financial institutions collapsed, traditional left-wing issues
were apparently back on the agenda. However, instead of being a
trigger for a resurgence of the left, in many European countries
left-wing parties have suffered savage electoral defeat. At the
same time, the crisis has led to austerity programmes being
implemented across Europe. This book brings together essays that
consider ten EU member states, including all bail-out recipients
and some of the main 'donor' states, in an examination of this
crucial period for the left in Europe from a number of
perspectives. Comparisons are presented between the various EU
member states, as well as different party families of the left,
from social democracy through green left to radical left. -- .
This highly topical study reflects on the current problems faced by social democratic parties in government when espousing policies of severe pragmatism and fiscal prudence, and provides an historical medium-term perspective to both parties' substantial changes in labour market policies. There is now a good deal of interest in the Third Way and the Neue Mitte, and this book provides much needed empirical detail, and solid analysis of the substance of these ideas. It will be of great interest to students and researchers in comparative politics, social democracy and economic policy. eBook available with sample pages: 0203417542
The global financial crisis of 2007-8 did not offer the political
and economic opportunities to the left that many thought it would.
As financial institutions collapsed, traditional left-wing issues
were apparently back on the agenda. However, instead of being a
trigger for a resurgence of the left, in many European countries
left-wing parties have suffered savage electoral defeat. At the
same time, the crisis has led to austerity programmes being
implemented across Europe. This book brings together essays that
consider ten EU member states, including all bail-out recipients
and some of the main 'donor' states, in an examination of this
crucial period for the left in Europe from a number of
perspectives. Comparisons are presented between the various EU
member states, as well as different party families of the left,
from social democracy through green left to radical left. -- .
This book examines how the Left is affected by European
integration. It starts from the rejection of the European
Constitution in France and the Netherlands in 2005, in which
left-wing parties played key roles. The book explores the level of
pro- and anti-EU sentiment among left-wing parties. It discusses
the left's reaction to the EU's neo-liberal policies such as Laval,
the Lisbon Agenda and the Bolkestein Directive. It examines the
extent to which parties are Europeanised or remain
nationally-oriented. The book looks at parties from all three
left-wing families -social democrats, left-socialists and
left-greens. It contains case-studies of eleven EU member states,
and also examines the left in the European Parliament. It provides
a unique cross-national, cross-party evaluation of contemporary
events. -- .
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