Politics against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power

Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Published by Princeton University Press 1985

Politics against Markets

The Social Democratic Road to Power

Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Volume 5160 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400886203

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This comparative analysis of Scandinavian social democracies argues that the fate of socialist parties is decided, to a significant degree, by their own policies and reforms_not solely by the changes in social structure emphasized in previous studies. Combining quantitative analysis and historical case studies to demonstrate the electoral effects of party policy, Gosta Esping-Andersen formulates a theory that is applicable not only to Scandinavia but to Western Europe as a whole. In addition, he explains why the support basis of social democracy has deteriorated so much more in Denmark than in Sweden and Norway.

Originally published in 1985.

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Esping-Andersen's Politics against Markets is an articulate, well thought out, and thoroughly researched account of the historical ascendance and, seemingly, current decomposition of social democracy in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. His book, however, is more than a historical summary in that the author argues, through both theoretical and empirical evidence, that social democracy is still a viable alternative to bourgeois or extreme leftist parties. However, its future 'hinges on the interaction between class alliances and political reforms.'---Janet Heitgerd, Social Science Quarterly

. . a very useful book, not only on the political economy of Scandinavia but also on the theory and practice of social democracy.---Michael Wallerstein, The American Journal of Sociology

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
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Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
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One. Social Democracy in Theory and Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The Social Bases of Social Democracy
Two. Class Structure and Social Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Three. Class Alliances in the Development of Scandinavian Social Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Four. Class Alliances in the Development of Scandinavian Social Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Part II. The Political Bases of Social Democracy
Five. The Social Citizenship State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Six. The Housing Question Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Seven. The Political Business Cycle and Economic Policymaking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Eight. The Political Business Cycle and Economic Policymaking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Part III. Social Democracy at the Crossroads
Nine. Toward a New Political Realignment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Ten. Toward a New Political Realignment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Appendix. Election Results in the Nordic Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363