Author: Jonathan Olsen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From Pariahs To Players? Left Parties In National Government-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI The Norwegian Socialist Left Party-- Office-Seekers in the Service of Policy?-- J.Olsen The French Extreme Left and its Suspicion of Power-- D.Bell Between a Rock and a Hard Place-- The Governing Dilemmas of Rifondazione Comunista-- J.Newell A Poisoned Chalice? Finland's Left Alliance and the Perils of Government-- R.Dunphy The Spanish United Left -- The Belated and Troublesome Transition from Policy- to Office-Seeking-- T.Verge Close to, but Still Out of, Government-- The Swedish Vansterpartiet-- M.Koss The Danish Socialist People's Party-- Still Waiting After All These Years-- D.A.Christensen From Pariah to Prospective Partner? The German Left Party's Winding Path Towards Government-- D.Hough Ready to Get Their Hands Dirty-- The Socialist Party and Groenlinks in the Netherlands-- D.Keith Conclusion. Left Parties in National Governments-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI.
Left Parties in National Governments
Author: Jonathan Olsen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From Pariahs To Players? Left Parties In National Government-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI The Norwegian Socialist Left Party-- Office-Seekers in the Service of Policy?-- J.Olsen The French Extreme Left and its Suspicion of Power-- D.Bell Between a Rock and a Hard Place-- The Governing Dilemmas of Rifondazione Comunista-- J.Newell A Poisoned Chalice? Finland's Left Alliance and the Perils of Government-- R.Dunphy The Spanish United Left -- The Belated and Troublesome Transition from Policy- to Office-Seeking-- T.Verge Close to, but Still Out of, Government-- The Swedish Vansterpartiet-- M.Koss The Danish Socialist People's Party-- Still Waiting After All These Years-- D.A.Christensen From Pariah to Prospective Partner? The German Left Party's Winding Path Towards Government-- D.Hough Ready to Get Their Hands Dirty-- The Socialist Party and Groenlinks in the Netherlands-- D.Keith Conclusion. Left Parties in National Governments-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From Pariahs To Players? Left Parties In National Government-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI The Norwegian Socialist Left Party-- Office-Seekers in the Service of Policy?-- J.Olsen The French Extreme Left and its Suspicion of Power-- D.Bell Between a Rock and a Hard Place-- The Governing Dilemmas of Rifondazione Comunista-- J.Newell A Poisoned Chalice? Finland's Left Alliance and the Perils of Government-- R.Dunphy The Spanish United Left -- The Belated and Troublesome Transition from Policy- to Office-Seeking-- T.Verge Close to, but Still Out of, Government-- The Swedish Vansterpartiet-- M.Koss The Danish Socialist People's Party-- Still Waiting After All These Years-- D.A.Christensen From Pariah to Prospective Partner? The German Left Party's Winding Path Towards Government-- D.Hough Ready to Get Their Hands Dirty-- The Socialist Party and Groenlinks in the Netherlands-- D.Keith Conclusion. Left Parties in National Governments-- J.Olsen, D.Hough& M.KoI.
Green Parties in National Governments
Author: Ferdinand Muller-Rommel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113528833X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
By the late 1990s Green parties had entered national governments in five Western European countries - Finland, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium. This book aims to provide an understanding of the differences and similarities of Green parties in coalition governments.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113528833X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
By the late 1990s Green parties had entered national governments in five Western European countries - Finland, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium. This book aims to provide an understanding of the differences and similarities of Green parties in coalition governments.
Radical Left Parties in Government
Author: Yiannos Katsourides
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137588411
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
This book provides a comparative analysis of how two radical left parties achieved government participation and their subsequent political experiences. In the face of the most severe and most prolonged crisis in the history of capitalism, it would be expected for radical left parties to seize the opportunity to promote their political agenda. Although reality has often confounded prognosis, two particular radical left parties – the Greek SYRIZA and the Cypriot AKEL – were elected to the highest government office. The author uses these two examples to engage with the broader question of what to expect when left-wing radicals achieve governance. This question is now of particular importance given the emergence of radical leftists in other parts of Europe, including Corbyn in the UK and Podemos in Spain.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137588411
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
This book provides a comparative analysis of how two radical left parties achieved government participation and their subsequent political experiences. In the face of the most severe and most prolonged crisis in the history of capitalism, it would be expected for radical left parties to seize the opportunity to promote their political agenda. Although reality has often confounded prognosis, two particular radical left parties – the Greek SYRIZA and the Cypriot AKEL – were elected to the highest government office. The author uses these two examples to engage with the broader question of what to expect when left-wing radicals achieve governance. This question is now of particular importance given the emergence of radical leftists in other parts of Europe, including Corbyn in the UK and Podemos in Spain.
New Parties in Government
Author: Kris Deschouwer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134136404
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This volume is a unique exploration of European political parties making the move towards government for the first time.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134136404
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This volume is a unique exploration of European political parties making the move towards government for the first time.
The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe
Author: Fabien Escalona
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 1137562641
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
This profound and insightful handbook aims to promote critical reflection on the way we conceptualise and study the radical left and to advance research by asking new questions. Radical left parties in Europe have been the subjects of significant study in the last decade, aided by the demonstrable success of newer parties like the Greek Syriza and Spanish Podemos, as well as the persistence of more established actors like the German Die Linke. Nevertheless, the emergent literature remains patchy and many elements of the party family still poorly understood. This handbook brings together a range of leading analysts to provide a definitive compendium, one that provides both students and scholars with an informative and easy-to-use guide to the radical left in Europe. Through utilising a common analytical framework to analyse the radical left in 19 European countries (within and outside the EU), the Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe provides a wealth of comparable data on a wide number of cases to provide a sound basis for future studies. This rigorous comparative framework, allied with the unprecedented in-depth overview of the development of the European radical left over the past two decades, makes this handbook an essential starting place for those interested in all aspects of the radical left as a party family.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 1137562641
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
This profound and insightful handbook aims to promote critical reflection on the way we conceptualise and study the radical left and to advance research by asking new questions. Radical left parties in Europe have been the subjects of significant study in the last decade, aided by the demonstrable success of newer parties like the Greek Syriza and Spanish Podemos, as well as the persistence of more established actors like the German Die Linke. Nevertheless, the emergent literature remains patchy and many elements of the party family still poorly understood. This handbook brings together a range of leading analysts to provide a definitive compendium, one that provides both students and scholars with an informative and easy-to-use guide to the radical left in Europe. Through utilising a common analytical framework to analyse the radical left in 19 European countries (within and outside the EU), the Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe provides a wealth of comparable data on a wide number of cases to provide a sound basis for future studies. This rigorous comparative framework, allied with the unprecedented in-depth overview of the development of the European radical left over the past two decades, makes this handbook an essential starting place for those interested in all aspects of the radical left as a party family.
The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics
Author: Dan Hough
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230592147
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and contrasts the party's development with that of Germany's most well-known outsider party - the Greens. It also analyses the party's performance in office in two eastern German Länder.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230592147
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and contrasts the party's development with that of Germany's most well-known outsider party - the Greens. It also analyses the party's performance in office in two eastern German Länder.
Democracy and Political Ignorance
Author: Ilya Somin
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804789312
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Often, many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much about politics. This may be rational, but it creates a nation of people with little political knowledge and little ability to objectively evaluate what they do know. In Democracy and Political Ignorance, Ilya Somin mines the depths of ignorance in America and reveals the extent to which it is a major problem for democracy. Somin weighs various options for solving this problem, arguing that political ignorance is best mitigated and its effects lessened by decentralizing and limiting government. Somin provocatively argues that people make better decisions when they choose what to purchase in the market or which state or local government to live under, than when they vote at the ballot box, because they have stronger incentives to acquire relevant information and to use it wisely.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804789312
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Often, many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much about politics. This may be rational, but it creates a nation of people with little political knowledge and little ability to objectively evaluate what they do know. In Democracy and Political Ignorance, Ilya Somin mines the depths of ignorance in America and reveals the extent to which it is a major problem for democracy. Somin weighs various options for solving this problem, arguing that political ignorance is best mitigated and its effects lessened by decentralizing and limiting government. Somin provocatively argues that people make better decisions when they choose what to purchase in the market or which state or local government to live under, than when they vote at the ballot box, because they have stronger incentives to acquire relevant information and to use it wisely.
Left Parties in National Governments
Author: J. Olsen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230282709
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Analyzes why Left Parties enter national government, what they do when they get there and what effect this has on them. Alongside two comparative chapters, this book features detailed case-studies of European Left Parties in government.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230282709
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Analyzes why Left Parties enter national government, what they do when they get there and what effect this has on them. Alongside two comparative chapters, this book features detailed case-studies of European Left Parties in government.
A Foreign Policy for the Left
Author: Michael Walzer
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300231180
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Something that has been needed for decades: a leftist foreign policy with a clear moral basis Foreign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and its replacement with a centrally planned economy. They were for the workers against the moneyed interests and for colonized peoples against imperial (Western) powers. But these easy substitutes for thought are becoming increasingly difficult. Neo-liberal capitalism is triumphant, and the workers’ movement is in radical decline. National liberation movements have produced new oppressions. A reflexive anti-imperialist politics can turn leftists into apologists for morally abhorrent groups. In Michael Walzer’s view, the left can no longer (in fact, could never) take automatic positions but must proceed from clearly articulated moral principles. In this book, adapted from essays published in Dissent, Walzer asks how leftists should think about the international scene—about humanitarian intervention and world government, about global inequality and religious extremism—in light of a coherent set of underlying political values.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300231180
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Something that has been needed for decades: a leftist foreign policy with a clear moral basis Foreign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and its replacement with a centrally planned economy. They were for the workers against the moneyed interests and for colonized peoples against imperial (Western) powers. But these easy substitutes for thought are becoming increasingly difficult. Neo-liberal capitalism is triumphant, and the workers’ movement is in radical decline. National liberation movements have produced new oppressions. A reflexive anti-imperialist politics can turn leftists into apologists for morally abhorrent groups. In Michael Walzer’s view, the left can no longer (in fact, could never) take automatic positions but must proceed from clearly articulated moral principles. In this book, adapted from essays published in Dissent, Walzer asks how leftists should think about the international scene—about humanitarian intervention and world government, about global inequality and religious extremism—in light of a coherent set of underlying political values.
The Left Divided
Author: Sara Watson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190492635
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Why do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades, scholars have developed an extensive literature theorizing how hegemonic social democratic parties working in tandem with a closely-allied trade union movement constructed models of welfare capitalism. Indeed, among the most robust findings of the comparative political economy literature is the claim that the more political resources controlled by the left, the more likely a country is to have a generous, universal system of social protection. The Left Divided takes as its starting point the curious fact that, despite this conventional wisdom, very little of the world actually approximates the conditions identified by mainstream scholarship for creating universal, generous welfare states. In most countries outside of northern Europe, divisions within the left-within the labor movement, among left parties, as well as between left parties and a divided union movement-are a defining feature of politics. The Left Divided, in contrast, focuses on the far more common and deeply consequential situation where intra-left divisions shape the development of social protection. Arguing that the strength and position taken by the far left is an important and overlooked determinant of social protection outcomes, the book presents a framework for distinguishing between different types of left movements, and analyzes how the distribution of resources within the left shapes party strategies for expanding social protection in theoretically unanticipated ways. To demonstrate the counterintuitive effects of having the far-left control significant political resources, Watson combines in-depth case studies of Iberia with cross-national analysis of OECD countries and qualitative comparative analyses of other divided lefts.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190492635
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Why do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades, scholars have developed an extensive literature theorizing how hegemonic social democratic parties working in tandem with a closely-allied trade union movement constructed models of welfare capitalism. Indeed, among the most robust findings of the comparative political economy literature is the claim that the more political resources controlled by the left, the more likely a country is to have a generous, universal system of social protection. The Left Divided takes as its starting point the curious fact that, despite this conventional wisdom, very little of the world actually approximates the conditions identified by mainstream scholarship for creating universal, generous welfare states. In most countries outside of northern Europe, divisions within the left-within the labor movement, among left parties, as well as between left parties and a divided union movement-are a defining feature of politics. The Left Divided, in contrast, focuses on the far more common and deeply consequential situation where intra-left divisions shape the development of social protection. Arguing that the strength and position taken by the far left is an important and overlooked determinant of social protection outcomes, the book presents a framework for distinguishing between different types of left movements, and analyzes how the distribution of resources within the left shapes party strategies for expanding social protection in theoretically unanticipated ways. To demonstrate the counterintuitive effects of having the far-left control significant political resources, Watson combines in-depth case studies of Iberia with cross-national analysis of OECD countries and qualitative comparative analyses of other divided lefts.