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The Transformation of European Social Democracy

By Herbert Kitschelt

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
9780511622014, 0521457157, 052145106X, 0511622015, 9780521451062, 9780521457156
LCC
JN94.A979 K57 1994
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7989418 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Pages
368\365
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book explains the contrasting strategies of social democratic parties and their electoral fortunes in the major European democracies in the 1970s and 1980s. Going beyond approaches that focus on the influence of class structures and political economic institutions, Herbert Kitschelt analyzes a party's competitive situation in the electoral arena, the constraints and opportunities of party organization, and ideological legacies to explain the strategic choices made by social democratic parties and their electoral results. Social democracy is far from being doomed to decline, but its success depends on its ability to transform its political message and construct new electoral coalitions.

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