Social democracy has long been seen as in crisis, with some predicting its end and others emphasizing its capacity to adapt to changing contexts; this open access book explores the evolution of social democratic thought, identifying the period of 1970s to the 1990s as key decades in marking its transformation.
Analysing this evolution through the lens of socialist parties of Southern Europe- including those of SpainPortugal, Italy, France, and Greece – this book argues that the political and ideological trajectories of these parties, their internal and transnational debates, as well as their international engagements, are relevant to understanding the broader history of European social democracy and, more generally, contemporary Europe. Specifically, it investigates how these parties approached, debated, and responded to key issues such as socialist ideological development, the relationship between European security and NATO, relations with the Third World, and the projection of social democracy toward the Global South.
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Ideological trends of a socialism in transition: The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), from exile to European Integration
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Spain would be neutral, and Europe a factor of peace: The international policy envisioned by Spanish socialists in the 1970s and 1980s
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An unloved concept. The position of Portuguese socialists towards social democracy: Between internal pressures and external influences
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The Italian Socialist Party after 1976: From the periphery to the periphery of European socialism?
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François Mitterrand, the French Socialist Party and Latin America: Argentina (1971–83)
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