The Trammels of Tradition
Social Democracy in Britain, France, and Germany
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ISBN-13:
9780313287831
Veröffentl:
1994
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
30.04.1994
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Carl Hodge
Gewicht:
450 g
Format:
235x157x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book is a succinct history of social democracy in the major states of Western Europe that discusses both the domestic and international factors influencing social democratic politics. It explains why political parties, whose electoral following was rooted in the growing industrial working class, nevertheless failed to become dominant parliamentary forces in their respective political systems. The book concludes by discussing the implication of the social democratic past in Europe for the future of socialist politics in a post-Cold War context.
This book is a fully integrated comparative history that traces the contemporary weaknesses of democratic socialism to the very founding of European socialist parties in the late nineteenth century.
IntroductionWorking Class Politics in the Great PowersThe Price of National LegitimacyGerman Socialism and the Rout of Weimar DemocracyThe Adolescence of British LaborA Popular Front for the French RepublicThe Alternative Party of GovernmentEpilogueBibliographyIndex