Contents

List of Tables

Principal Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Introduction: Social Democracy, 1945–73

1Which Social Democracy?

2The Party-Organization

3Social Democracy in the Electorate

4Social Democracy in Competition

5The Social-Democratic Compromise

Part II: Contemporary Social Democracy

6Electoral Weakening: ‘Magical Return’ of the Big Loser?

7The Transformation of Social Democracy’s Electoral Base

8Inside Social Democracy: Organization in Mutation

9A Time of Competitive Insecurity: ‘La modernité, c’est nous!’

10In Search of New Prophets: From Keynesianism to Liberalism

Part III: The Logic of the Social-Democratic Transformation (A Synthesis)

11The Postwar Social-Democratic Model (1945–73)

12Social Democracy in the Process of Transformation

13The New Social Democracy

Part IV: Social Democracy in Context

14The Unions and Left Oppositions

15The European Union, Globalization and ‘No Alternative’

16The Party of European Socialists and Socialist Co-operation in Europe

Part V: Social Democracy in Historical Perspective

17On the Verge of an Identity Change

18A Moment of Strategic Pessimism?

Conclusions

Epilogue

Select Bibliography

Postscript

Index