The Palgrave handbook of social democracy in the European Union [Texte imprimé] / edited by Jean-Michel de Waele, Fabien Escalona, and Mathieu Vieira

"The character of social democracy in the constituent countries of the European Union is more significant and much better understood than the available literature would appear to suggest. This thought-provoking and edifying handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together a range of top political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU, one that offers students and scholars both an informative and easy-to-use guide to social democracy as a system of governance in Europe. Through establishing a common framework for analysis and by exploring all 27 countries in the European Union according to this structure, The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in Europe constitutes a compendium that is truly comparative in nature. This comparative and comprehensive framework coupled with the unprecedented overview of European social democracy over the past decade makes this handbook the go-to guide for those interested in all aspects of social democracy in the"-- Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Tables -- List of -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Editors and -- Contributors -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Unfinished History of the Social Democratic Family; Fabien Escalona, Mathieu Vieira and Jean-Michel De Waele -- PART II WESTERN EUROPE -- 2. Austria; Anton Pelinka -- 3. Belgium; Pascal Delwit -- 4. Cyprus; Hayriye Kahveci -- 5. Denmark; Jacob Christensen -- 6. Finland; Michel Hastings -- 7. France; Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira -- 8. Germany; Amandine Crespy -- 9. Greece; Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos -- 10. Ireland; Michael Holmes -- 11. Italy; Gianfranco Pasquino -- 12. Luxembourg; Patrick Dumont and Raphael Kies -- 13. Malta; Roderick Pace and Michael Briguglio -- 14. Netherlands; Frans Becker, Gerrit Voerman and Joos van Holsteyn -- 15. Portugal; Marco Lisi -- 16. Spain; Paul Kennedy -- 17. Sweden; Dimitri Tsarouhas -- 18. United Kingdom; Florence Faucher -- PART III CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- 19. Bulgaria; Antony Todorov -- 20. Czech Republic; Michel Perottino and Martin Polacek -- 21. Estonia; Vello Pettai and Juhan Saharov -- 22. Hungary; Andras BiroNagy -- 23. Latvia; Janis Ikstens -- 24. Lithuania; Algis Krupavicius -- 25. Poland; Anna Paczesniak -- 26. Romania; Sorina Soare -- 27. Slovakia; Darina Malovic -- 28. Slovenia; Alenka Krasovec -- PART IV CONCLUSION -- 29. Social Democrats Today: Tribe, Extended Family, or Club?; George Ross -- Index