Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times: The Left and Economic Policy Since 1980Andrew Glyn Never has the Left held power in so many advanced economies, yet the difference this makes to economic policy proves hard to identify. This book is the first to examine in detail the successes and failures of governments across Europe and in Australia to chart distinctive courses in the face of the neoliberal backlash against state intervention, the welfare state, and guaranteed full employment. |
Contents
Victims | 21 |
The Austrian Experience | 53 |
Social Democracy and Market Reform in Australia | 80 |
The Logic and Limits of Désinflation Compétitive | 113 |
The Political Economy of Social Democratic Economic | 138 |
Thirteen Years | 173 |
New Labours Economic Policy | 200 |
The Choices for Scandinavian Social Democracy | 253 |
The Social Democratic Welfare State | 276 |
How Many Ways Can Be Third? | 312 |
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Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times: The Left and Economic Policy Since 1980 Andrew Glyn No preview available - 2001 |
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