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Where now for European social democracy?

Online debate organised by Soundings and Social Europe

Soundings and Social Europe, supported by Compass and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, are hosting a pan-European online debate on the future of social democracy in Europe between now and December. For the next six weeks, contributors from across Europe will publish their views on Building the Good Society, a document written in June 2009 by Labour's Jon Cruddas and Andrea Nahles of the SPD.

Articles will be posted both here and on the Social Europe website, but to make a comment you will need to click on the link for Social Europe.

Introduction to discussion
Good society document

Reconnecting power and politics Zygmunt Bauman
Does Europe’s social democracy still have a future? Stefan Collignon
Down, but (definitely) not out Katy Dillon
The principles of communal reciprocity Neal Lawson
Time for a twenty-first century social democracy Denis MacShane
What now for social democracy in Europe? John Monks
The future of social democracy Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Broken by design: Europe’s core and periphery Carl Rowlands
The party-union link and the future of social democracy Dimitris Tsarouhas
New answers to old questions Andrew Watt
The diversity question Robin Wilson

Practicle and modest Striving Samuel Abrahám
Reinventing the state: new perspectives for social democracy Attila Agh
Finding a new language and making new alliances Geoff Andrews
The rebirth of utopian thinking on the left Stefan Berger
A social-democratic strategy for growth Paolo Borioni
Why not socialism? Mike Cole
Social democracy beyond political parties Colin Crouch
A good society and not only for academic professionals! René Cuperus
There is no third way:why social democrats must be anti-capitalists Jeremy Gilbert
Reinventing the notion of equality Philip S. Golub and Noëlle Burgi
What now for social democracy in Europe? Keith Grech
Who are the social democrats in a post-industrial society? Fredrik Jansson
Social democracy after the crash: rebirth or requiem? Ashley Lavelle
Social democracy: a force that is distrusted but not yet spent Philippe Marlière
The credibility gap Klaus Mehrens
The myth of the rational voter Henning Meyer
Social democracy: governing in poetry Craig Miller
All served in a bucket - with eggs on top Remi Nilsen
Green pathways David Ritter
Can the state be saved? Karin Roth
Turning the electoral tide Andrew Scott
We have won nothing - the future of social democracy
Arjun Singh-Muchélle
Revitalising social democracy James Sloam
Sweden and the left's future Robert Taylor
Is progressive populism still possible? Märt Väljataga
European social democracy: reasons for the defeat Henry Weber
Challenging finance capital Duncan Weldon
Aspects of Liberalism Per Wirtén

To read more articles, and make a comment, go to
http://www.goodsociety.social-europe.eu



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