The Death of Social Democracy Political Consequences in the 21st Century

Contents: Preface; Introduction: the social democratic malaise. Part 1 The Death of Social Democracy and its Political Consequences: Social democracy and neo-liberalism; Explaining the death of social democracy; Political consequences of the death of social democracy. Part 2 The Death of Social Democracy in Australia: The 'light on the hill' extinguished; Political consequences: a green altenative to social democracy? Part 3 The Death of Social Democracy in Britain: New Labour, not Labour; Political consequences: a fragmenting base. Part 4 The Death of Social Democracy in Germany: Rescuing Standort Deutschland; Political consequences: the '1930s in slow motion'. Part 5 The Death of Social Democracy in Sweden: The decline of the Swedish model; Political consequences: the SAP loses its invincibility; Conclusions; Bibliography; Indexes.