What's Left of the Left

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The New World of the Center-Left / James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 1
Part I: Ideas, Projects, and Electoral Realities
Social Democracy's Past and Potential Future / Sheri Berman 29
Historical Decline or Change of Scale? The Electoral Dynamics of European Social Democratic Parties, 1950¿2009 / Gerassimos Moschonas 50
Part II: Varieties of Social Democracy and Liberalism
Once Again a Model: Nordic Social Democracy in a Globalized World / Jonas Pontusson 89
Embracing Markets, Bonding with America, Trying to Do Good: The Ironies of New Labour / James Cronin 116
Reluctantly Center-Left? The French Case / Arthur Goldhammer and George Ross 141
The Evolving Democratic Coalition: Prospects and Problems / Ruy Teixeira 162
Party Politics and the American Welfare State / Christopher Howard 188
Grappling with Globalization: The Democratic Party's Struggles over International Market Integration / James Shoch 210
Part III: New Risks, New Challenges, New Possibilities
European Center-Left Parties and New Social Risks: Facing Up to New Policy Challenges / Jane Jenson 241
Immigration and the European Left / Sofía Pérez 265
The Central and Eastern European Left: A Political Family under Construction / Jean-Michel De Waele and Sorina Soare 290
European Center-Lefts and the Mazes of European Integration / George Ross 319
Conclusion: Progressive Politics in Tough Times / James Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch 343
Bibliography 363
About the Contributors 395
Index 399