Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe
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comparative social policy
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egalitarianism theory
employment policy analysis
Emu Convergence Criterion
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EU Level
european
European political parties
European Social Democrats
Jospin Government
Party Policy Change
pension
Pension Policy
Pension Reform
Pension Reform Plans
Pension System
policy
Portuguese Socialists
private
Private Pension
PSD Government
Public Pension System
Purple Coalition
reform
renewal
security
Social Democratic
Social Democratic Parties
Social Democratic Party Policies
Social Democratic Renewal
social investment model
socialists
SPD Left Wing
SPD Parliamentary Party
Swedish Sap
third way policy transformation
Traditional Social Democratic
welfare state reform
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- ISBN 9780415304252
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 They show how the maxims of demand management and egalitarianism have been replaced by social investment and equality of opportunity and demonstrate the full extent of convergence on policies such as employment maximization, the containment of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.
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.
