Clift, Ben. (2007) Renovating European social democracy. Renewal (London), Vol.15 (No.2-3). pp. 36-45. ISSN 0968-252X

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Abstract

Despite pronouncements over the years of the end of social democracy, in 2007, the left in both France & Italy revisited the ideology, engaging in introspection & redefinition to update it. Since then, social democracy has come to be seen as practically synonymous with renewal & modernity. It tends to be identified with such institutional means as corporatism or nationalization & planning-based policy paradigms such as Keynesianism. Following an examination of social democracy in relation to globalization & New Labour, this paper evaluates the future of social democracy in terms of the means-orientated approaches through which its political aims have been forwarded in different national contexts. Adapted from the source document.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Giddens, Anthony, Socialism -- Europe, Mixed economy -- Europe, Keynesian economics, Europe -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Journal or Publication Title:	Renewal (London)
Publisher:	Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
ISSN:	0968-252X
Date:	1 April 2007
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.2-3
Page Range:	pp. 36-45
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1071

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