The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE POSTER CHILD OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?
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The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy by Kjell Ostbjerg
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE POSTER CHILD OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?
This will be the standard international history of the world's most successful social democracy-- Göran Therborn, author, most recently of Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy
Of all the experiments in socialism undertaken during the twentieth century, one has often been singled out as the best model for the twenty-first: reformist Sweden. How accurate is that? In this elegant chronicle, the foremost historian of Swedish social democracy punctures the illusions. Whatever was good in Sweden was built by popular movements: but the party ended up destroying it. Reformism is a storehouse of mistakes, from which a left for a future needs to learn, and there is no better introduction than this book. -- Andreas Malm
Of all the experiments in socialism undertaken during the twentieth century, one has often been singled out as the best model for the twenty-first: reformist Sweden. How accurate is that? In this elegant chronicle, the foremost historian of Swedish social democracy punctures the illusions. Whatever was good in Sweden was built by popular movements: but the party ended up destroying it. Reformism is a storehouse of mistakes, from which a left for a future needs to learn, and there is no better introduction than this book. -- Andreas Malm
Kjell Östberg is professor at the Swedish Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, Stockholm, and an outstanding expert on 20th century Swedish history. He has written extensively about Social Democracy and new social movements. His works include an acclaimed biography of Olof Palme, a study of Swedish radicalization in the 1960s and 1970s and, most recently, a book on democratization and social movements.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781804294659 |
| ISBN 10 | 1804294659 |
| Title | The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy |
| Author | Kjell Ostbjerg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2024-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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