The Political Economy of European Social Democracy: A Critical Realist Approach

by David J. Bailey

This book takes an in-depth look into recent developments in European social democracy. It begins by highlighting the somewhat paradoxical turn by a number of social democratic parties towards enhanced support for European integration, a move that has occurred despite the apparently 'neoliberal' direction of much of EU policy-output.

A critical realist method is adopted, informed by both Marxist and anarchist critiques of social democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415462134
• ISBN13: 9780415462136
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"