The end of the twentieth century saw an unprecedented coincidence of electoral success for social democratic parties in western Europe leading to intensive discussion on the future of this new European left. The debates often centred on the notion of a 'Third way' and generated major expectations for policy change among social democratic politicians and voters. The authors collected here examine the recent social and employment policies of these progressive parties, looking for change in the guiding principles of policy and on actual policy decisions. They show how the maxims of demand management and egalitarianism have been replaced by social investment and equality of opportunity and demonstrate the full extent of convergence on policies such as employment maximization, the containment of social expenditure and a shift towards a social investment welfare state.
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'A highly interesting and thorough account of the avenues Social Democratic governments have pursued in terms of social and economic policy and of what contemporary Social Democracy might mean in these fields.' - Simon Bornshier and Silja Hausermann, Swiss Political Science Review
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| Notes on contributors |
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| Series editor's preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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1 Social Democracy in Europe: renewal or retreat? |
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2 Policy changes of European Social Democrats, 1945-98 |
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21 | (22) |
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3 Models of citizenship and social Democratic policies |
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DIETMAR BRAUN AND OLIVIER GIRAUD |
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4 Social policy in Belgium and the Netherlands: Third Way or not? |
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66 | (17) |
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5 The Portuguese socialists and the Third Way |
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83 | (19) |
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MARINA COSTA LOBO AND PEDRO C. MAGALHAES |
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6 Turning ideas into policies: implementing modern Social Democratic thinking in Germany's pension policy |
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102 | (21) |
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7 The social and employment policies of the Jospin Government |
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123 | (18) |
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8 The Third Way in welfare state reform? Social Democratic pension politics in Germany and Sweden |
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141 | (20) |
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KAREN ANDERSON AND TRAUTE MEYER |
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9 Why do social Democratic parties change employment policy positions? A comparison of Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom |
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161 | (19) |
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| 10 From 'Eurokeynesianism' to the 'Third Way': The Party of European Socialists (PES) and European employment policies |
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180 | (17) |
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| 11 Social Democratic party policies in Europe: towards a Third Way? |
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197 | (17) |
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Giuliano Bonoli works at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bern and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Martin Powell is Reader in Social Policy in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK.
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