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Politics against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power (Princeton Legacy Library)
Gosta Esping-Andersen
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Description for Politics against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power (Princeton Legacy Library)
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This comparative analysis of Scandinavian social democracies argues that the fate of socialist parties is decided, to a significant degree, by their own policies and reforms_not solely by the changes in social structure emphasized in previous studies. Combining quantitative analysis and historical case studies to demonstrate the electoral effects of party policy, Gosta Esping-Andersen formulates a theory that is applicable not only to Scandinavia but to Western Europe as a whole. In addition, he explains why the support basis of social democracy has deteriorated so much more in Denmark than in Sweden and Norway Originally published in 1988. ... Read more
This comparative analysis of Scandinavian social democracies argues that the fate of socialist parties is decided, to a significant degree, by their own policies and reforms_not solely by the changes in social structure emphasized in previous studies. Combining quantitative analysis and historical case studies to demonstrate the electoral effects of party policy, Gosta Esping-Andersen formulates a theory that is applicable not only to Scandinavia but to Western Europe as a whole. In addition, he explains why the support basis of social democracy has deteriorated so much more in Denmark than in Sweden and Norway Originally published in 1988. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691654188
SKU
V9780691654188
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Reviews for Politics against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power (Princeton Legacy Library)
Esping-Andersen's Politics against Markets is an articulate, well thought out, and thoroughly researched account of the historical ascendance and, seemingly, current decomposition of social democracy in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. His book, however, is more than a historical summary in that the author argues, through both theoretical and empirical evidence, that social democracy is still a ... Read more