Politics Against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power

by Gosta Esping-Andersen

This comparative analysis of Scandinavian social democracies argues that the fate of socialist parties is decided, to a significant degree, by their own policies and reforms_not solely by the changes in social structure emphasized in previous studies. Combining quantitative analysis and historical case studies to demonstrate the electoral effects of party policy, Gosta Esping-Andersen formulates a theory that is applicable not only to Scandinavia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691604509
• ISBN13: 9780691604503
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"