Social Democracy

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- 1 Understanding Social Democracy: a comparative analysis of the 'Left' in the 'West' -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Contemporary views on Social Democracy -- 1.3 Reformism as the model and revisionism as the project -- 1.4 Towards a systematic explanation of Social Democracy -- 1.5 Analysing Social Democracy and its performance -- 1.6 Plan of the book -- 2 Democratisation of the state and the emergence of Social Democracy as a party -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Democratisation and the development of Social Democracy -- 2.3 Social Democracy: from social movement to political party -- 2.4 Social Democracy as a party family: close or distant relatives? -- 2.5 A comparative variable of Social Democracy -- 2.6 Types of Social Democracy in the 21st century -- 3 Social Democratic ideology and values: the welfare state as a project or a model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Democratic ideology and policy: project and model -- 3.3 Social Democratic ideas and value-related goals -- 3.4 Policy strategy for Social Democracy -- 3.5 Policy performance and the value-related goals of Social Democracy -- 4 Party system dynamics and party competition: the electoral struggle for political power -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The effect of electoral rules on Social Democratic representation -- 4.3 Party system dynamics and electoral competitiveness of Social Democracy -- 4.4 Electoral performance of Social Democracy: change or stability? -- 4.5 Competing for power: Social Democracy versus the rest? -- 5 Social Democratic government participation and the use of state powers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Democratic party control: strength-life cycle-constraints -- 5.3 Making and shaping coalitions: gaining access to state powers.