Politics of Social Democracy

<p>This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis through a series of cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere. </p><p>The book examines the ideological policy electoral and organisational dilemmas facing the centre-left. Taking in cases including those from the UK Austria France Germany Scandinavia Australia and New Zealand it outlines and explores the current and future trajectories of the family of centre-left parties. </p><p>This text will be of key interest to students scholars and interested readers of labour and social democratic politics centre-left political parties trade unions the future of the centre-left and more broadly to those studying political parties European and comparative politics.</p>