Why the Left Loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective

Rob Manwaring (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 1447332695 / ISBN 13: 9781447332695

Edité par Policy Press, 2017

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2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

N° de réf. du vendeur V9781447332695

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• Titre: Why the Left Loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective
• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1447332695
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781447332695
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Social Democracy is on the back-foot, and increasingly centre-left political parties are struggling to win office. Bringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the left loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing political landscape, examining the degree to which the centre-left project is exhausted and is able to renew its message in a neo-liberal age. Using case studies from the UK, Germany, Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand contributors argue that despite different local and specific contexts, the mainstream centre-left is beset by a range of common challenges. Analysis focuses on institutional and structural factors, the role of key individuals, especially party leaders, and the atrophy of progressive ideas in explaining why the centre-left is currently in retreat. Why the Left Loses is aimed at stimulating wider debate about the fortunes of the centre-left.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Rob Manwaring is a senior lecturer at Flinders University, in South Australia. He researches into the areas of labour and social democratic politics, comparative politics, political parties, and democracy.

Dr Paul Kennedy is Lecturer in Spanish and European Studies at the University of Bath. He is the author of The Spanish Socialist Party and the modernisation of Spain (Manchester University Press: 2013) and is co-author, with David Cutts, of Podemos and the Art of the Possible (Manchester University Press: forthcoming 2018).