Social Democracy in Power: The Capacity to Reform

by Wolfgang Merkel

Book Overview

Globalization, European integration, and social change have devaluated traditional social democratic policy instruments. This book compares and explores how social democratic governments have had to adapt and whether they have successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in the light of these challenges.

This volume examines the policy measures of social democratic parties in government in a comparative framework...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415663873
• ISBN13: 9780415663878
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"