Democratic Socialism

Donald Busky provides an in-depth well referenced and up to date examination of the history of social democratic parties and governments worldwide from the 19th century onward.After reviewing the history of democratic socialism and its rivals as well as defining the various movements Dr. Busky examines the history and current state of social democratic parties beginning with Europe and Great Britain and then moving to the United States and Canada Latin America and the Caribbean Africa Asia and the Middle East. The volume concludes with a survey bibliography of key studies on the topic. This global survey will be of particular interest to scholars students and other researchers involved with comparative politics and political ideologies.