Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times The Left and Economic Policy since 1980 [Paperback]

Never has the Left held power in so many advanced economies, yet this has had little effect on economic policy. This book examines the successes and failures of govenments in Europe and Australia to chart distinctive courses in the face of neoliberal backlash against state intervention, the welfare state, and guaranteed full employment.

1. Introduction,Andrew Glyn
2. Understanding Swedish Democracy: Victims of Success,Juhana Vartiainen
3. The Austrian Experience,Alois Guger
4. Social Democracy and Market Reform in Australia and New Zealand,John Quiggin
5. The Logic and Limits of D?sinflation Comp?titive,Fr?d?ric Lordon
6. The Political Economy of Social Democratic Economic Policies: The PASOK Experiment in Greece,Euclid Tsakalotos
7. The Spanish Socialists in Power: Thirteen Years of Economic Policy,Albert Recio and Jordi Roca
8. New Labour's Economic Policy,Andrew Glyn and Stewart Wood
9. Why the Social Democratic Option Failed: Poland's Experience of Systemic Change,Tadeusz Kowalik
10. The Choices for Scandinavian Social Democracy in Comparative Perspective,Torben Iversen
11. The Social Democratic Welfare State,Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens
12. How Many Ways can be Third?,Adam Przeworski