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The Crisis of Social Democracy in Europe

Edited by Michael Keating and David McCrone

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Is social democracy in a terminal condition in Europe?

Social democracy is in office almost nowhere and appears bereft of ideas in the face of the economic crisis that might have given it a historic opportunity. So is social democracy dead?

The contributors to this book take a stand against those who claim that social democracy has reached its end. By arguing that social democracy is not a single set of ideas or practices but a way of reconciling market capitalism with social inclusion and equality, they show that it has actually been remarkably successful during the 20th century. Its key principles are still relevant but must be adapted to new conditions. This book examines the fortunes of social democracy in western and east-central Europe and the policy challenges in economic policy, labour markets, social welfare, public services, European integration and decentralisation.

Table of contents
Preface; 1. The Crisis of Social Democracy, Michael Keating and David McCrone; 2. The Long Depression, the Great Crash and Socialism in Western Europe, Donald Sassoon; 3. Social Democracy in Crisis: outlining the trends in Western Europe, David McCrone and Michael Keating; 4. The Positions and Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties in East Central Europe, Milada Anna Vachudova; 5. Rethinking Public Expenditure from a Social Democratic Perspective, David Heald; 6. Social Democracy in Crisis? What Crisis?, Bo Rothstein and Sven Steinmo; 7. Do the Fading Electoral Fortunes of the Swedish Social Democrats Signal the Erosion of Swedish Social Democracy?, Henry Milner; 8. Multiculturalism, Right Wing Populism and the Crisis of Social Democracy, Susi Meret and Birte Siim; 9. Labour Markets, Welfare States and the Contemporary Dilemmas of European Social Democracy, Martin Rhodes; 10. Class Politics and the Social Investment Welfare State, Colin Crouch; 11. Labour, Skills and Education in Modern Socio-economic Development: Can There be a Social Democratic Economic and Industrial Policy in a Globalised Economy?, Ulrich Hilpert and Desmond Hickie; 12. From Single Market to Social Market Economy: Is There Room for Solidarity? Yves Mény; 13. Social Democracy and Security, Neil Walker; 14. Multilevel Social Democracy: Centralisation and Decentralisation, Michael Keating; Conclusion, Michael Keating and David McCrone; Bibliography.
About the contributors

Michael Keating

Michael Keating is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh; he was also co-founder and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change. He is the author of several publications, including but not limited to State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union (OUP, 2021), The Independence of Scotland. Self-Government and the Shifting Politics of Union (OUP, 2009) and The Government of Scotland. Public Policy Making after Devolution (EUP 2005).

David McCrone

David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university’s Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow’s ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.