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Inequality is an ever-present danger in our society. This important
book addresses the crucial nexus between the lived experience of
inequality and how it shapes political responses. With contributors
from the UK and Continental Europe, the book compiles case studies
with theoretically informed discussions of the relationship between
affective polarisation, social inequality and the fall-out from
Brexit and COVID-19. Using a broad concept of social inequality,
the book incorporates aspects of economy and society, language and
emotion culture as well as interviews and film in historical and
transnational perspective. The contributors offer a powerful
examination of the ways in which the politics of the UK and the
lived experiences of its residents have been reframed in the first
decades of the 21st century.
This book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the
overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989
to 2015. After the collapse of really existing communism, this
party family renewed itself and embarked on a recovery path,
seeking to fill the vacuum of representation of disaffected
working-class and welfarist constituencies created by the
progressive neoliberalisation of European societies. The radical
left thus emerged as a significant factor of contemporary political
life but, despite some electoral gains and a few recent
breakthroughs (SYRIZA in Greece, PODEMOS in Spain), it altogether
failed to embody a credible alternative to neoliberalism and to
pave the way for a turn to a different developmental model. This
book investigates why this was the case, combining aggregate (17
countries), case study (Germany, Italy, and France), and
comparative methods. It accurately charts the evolution of the
nature, strength, cohesion, and influence of the Western European
radical left, offering new insights in explaining its behaviour,
success, and limits. It is essential reading for scholars,
students, and activists interested in the radical left and in
contemporary European politics.
Starting in the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of
competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of
development, public policy, and governance in Europe. This edited
book carries out a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and innovative
analysis of the relationship between competitiveness and solidarity
in the contemporary European Union. It offers an original
contribution to the scholarly debates on the current developments
and challenges of welfare states, social and economic policies, and
forms of governance in the European Union. Bringing together an
international team of cutting-edge scholars in the social sciences
and the humanities, Competitiveness and Solidarity in the European
Union sheds light on the conceptual richness and policy relevance
of these relationships, pointing to important avenues to make the
European Union more economically successful and socially fairer.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of
European Union studies and, more broadly, of EU Law, Public Policy,
Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Geography, and
Contemporary History.
Starting in the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of
competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of
development, public policy, and governance in Europe. This edited
book carries out a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and innovative
analysis of the relationship between competitiveness and solidarity
in the contemporary European Union. It offers an original
contribution to the scholarly debates on the current developments
and challenges of welfare states, social and economic policies, and
forms of governance in the European Union. Bringing together an
international team of cutting-edge scholars in the social sciences
and the humanities, Competitiveness and Solidarity in the European
Union sheds light on the conceptual richness and policy relevance
of these relationships, pointing to important avenues to make the
European Union more economically successful and socially fairer.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of
European Union studies and, more broadly, of EU Law, Public Policy,
Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Geography, and
Contemporary History.
This book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the
overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989
to 2015. After the collapse of really existing communism, this
party family renewed itself and embarked on a recovery path,
seeking to fill the vacuum of representation of disaffected
working-class and welfarist constituencies created by the
progressive neoliberalisation of European societies. The radical
left thus emerged as a significant factor of contemporary political
life but, despite some electoral gains and a few recent
breakthroughs (SYRIZA in Greece, PODEMOS in Spain), it altogether
failed to embody a credible alternative to neoliberalism and to
pave the way for a turn to a different developmental model. This
book investigates why this was the case, combining aggregate (17
countries), case study (Germany, Italy, and France), and
comparative methods. It accurately charts the evolution of the
nature, strength, cohesion, and influence of the Western European
radical left, offering new insights in explaining its behaviour,
success, and limits. It is essential reading for scholars,
students, and activists interested in the radical left and in
contemporary European politics.
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