Politics against markets : the social democratic road to power / by Gøsta Esping-Andersen.

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English
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Princeton University Press, 2017.
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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 but to Western Europe as a whole. In addition, he explains why the support basis of social democracy has deteriorated so much more in Denmark than in Sweden and NorwayOriginally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Contents
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • One. Social Democracy in Theory and Practice
  • Part I. The Social Bases of Social Democracy
  • Two. Class Structure and Social Democracy
  • Three. Class Alliances in the Development of Scandinavian Social Democracy
  • Four. Class Alliances in the Development of Scandinavian Social Democracy
  • Part II. The Political Bases of Social Democracy
  • Five. The Social Citizenship State
  • Six. The Housing Question
  • Seven. The Political Business Cycle and Economic Policymaking
  • Eight. The Political Business Cycle and Economic Policymaking
  • Part III. Social Democracy at the Crossroads
  • Nine. Toward a New Political Realignment
  • Ten. Toward a New Political Realignment
  • Appendix. Election Results in the Nordic Countries
  • Bibliography
  • Index
ISBN
  • 1400886201 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781400886203 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780691654188
  • 0691654182 ((Trade Cloth))
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973772668
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  • 10.1515/9781400886203
International Article Number
  • 9780691654188
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