Publisher's Synopsis
Social democrats in the Western world look back on a century where growth and expansion of centre-left values seemed, during certain periods of time, to be a law of nature. Today, the so-called golden era from the 1940s to the 1970s is just a distant memory for the social democratic movement.
- What does social democracy constitute as a set of ideas in the 21st century experiencing rapid technological, economic and demographic change?
- Is the narrative of the decline of social democracy warranted, and is there an opportunity for transformation or even rejuvenation?