The Transformation of European Social Democracy

by Herbert Kitschelt

Book Overview

This book explains the contrasting strategies and their electoral fortunes of social democratic parties in the major European democracies in the 1970s and 1980s. Going beyond approaches that focus on the influence of class structure and political economic institutions, The Transformation of European Social Democracy analyses the party's competitive situation in the electoral arena, the constraints and opportunities of party organisation, and the role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521457157
• ISBN13: 9780521457156
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"