Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization, Policies

This book offers a concise and accessible coverage of the historical background, the organization and policies of the fifteen social democratic parties in the European Union with a focus on the 1945-1990s period. It combines an updated study of the evolution of each party's ideology, sociology and policies, with attention also to the impact of European integration on the fortunes of social democratic forces. The book can be used as a reference text by academics, students and political practitioners and contains contact details and important reference information for each party.

NICHOLAS AYLOTT Lecturer in Politics at Keele University, UK. LARS BILLE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen PASCAL DELWIT Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Brussels (ULB) JOHN FITZMAURICE teaches at the University of Brussels (ULB) STEFANO GUZZINI Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Central European University, Budapest College SIMON HIX Lecturer in EU Politics and Policy in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science MICHAEL HOLMES Lecturer in European Studies in University College Cork and a Visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Peace Studies in Dublin PAUL KENNEDY Lecturer in Iberian Studies at the Department of European Studies. Loughborough University KURT RICHARD LUTHER Lecturer in Politics at Keele University, UK JOSÉ MAGONE Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Hull, UK GERASSIMOS MOSCHONAS Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science and History at Pantheion University, Athens JAN SUNDBERG holds the Swedish chair in Political Science at the University of Helsinki KEES VAN KERSBERGEN Professor of National Political Systems and Dutch Politics at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands PAUL WEBB Senior Lecturer in Government at Brunel University