Practical Social Democracy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009614312 ISBN 13: 9781009614313

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Practical Social Democracy develops a novel approach to reformist politics that is centred on the practical challenges parties face in navigating competing priorities across key dimensions of their activities. Containing comparative chapters and case studies of a range of countries and thematic areas by world-leading experts, it demonstrates how this approach can enrich debates about the contemporary challenges of social democracy as well as its historical evolution. The volume sheds light on patterns of social democratic policy-making and on the role of language, rhetoric, and ideology. By focusing on social democracy as one of the most important party families, the contributors elucidate key dilemmas confronting any political party and their role in democratic politics both in the traditional heartland of social democracy in Western Europe and beyond. An essential resource for scholars and students of social democracy, party politics, and European politics and political development.

About this title

About the Authors

Magnus Feldmann is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Bristol.

Jonas Hinnfors is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg and Honorary Senior Research fellow at the University of Stirling.

Mark Wickham-Jones is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bristol.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009614312
• ISBN 13: 9781009614313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Edited By Magnus Feldmann Jonas Hinnfors Mark Wickham-Jones