Timely, focused and extremely well organized, this volume offers a comprehensive assessment of the state of social democracy worldwide... drawing out the diversity of its concrete manifestations in a series of rich case studies. -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham Under the editorship of one of the most informed and profound analysts of contemporary social democratic parties and policies, this book's remarkably broad and up-to-date comparative coverage and analysis by an impressive range of authors makes an enormous contribution to understanding the contemporary political conjuncture. -- Leo Panitch, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Political Science, York University and co-editor, The Socialist Register
Ingo Schmidt is academic coordinator of the Labour Studies Program at Athabasca University, Canada. His research focuses on international political economy and labour movements. His recent books include Social Democracy after the Cold War (co-edited with Bryan Evans; Athabasca University Press, 2012), and Rosa Luxemburg’s Accumulation of Capital (in German; VSAVerlag, 2013).
