Western leftists depict

Author: Patrick Kamler
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Why did the Norwegian Social Democratic Party show unexpected political resilience while the Swedish Social Democratic Party lost its leadership and direction? What was the background behind Denmark's opposition to the "Maastricht Treaty"? What are the prospects for the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party in reunified Germany? Should the British Labour Party accept electoral reform? What forces drove the French Socialist Party from victory to disaster? Why did the Italian left fail to fill the political vacuum left by the collapse of the Christian Democrats? "Mapping the Western Left" provides a comprehensive overview of the political trials and tribulations experienced by the left in major Western European countries since the 1980s. It offers an indispensable guide for domestic researchers to accurately understand the present and future of the left in countries such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain.