Towards a social democratic century? : How European and global social democracy can chart a course through the crises

With the war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis, the lingering pandemic and the onrushing threat of climate change, a bewildering array of transnational political challenges present themselves. Can social democrats articulate convincing solutions to these challenges, behind which progressives can rally, in Europe and globally? This volume, of interviews and chapters contributed by political thinkers and practitioners, presents a rich repertoire of ideas and proposals which offer some reasons to hope for better times ahead. Katharina Hofmann de Moura, Ania Skrzypek and Robin Wilson PART 1 1. PORTUGAL: REAL ACHIEVEMENTS 3 Isabel Estrada Carvalhais 2. RECOVERY AND REFORM IN SPAIN 13 Jonás Fernández 3. HARD LABOUR IN HOLLAND 19 Catherine de Vries 4. SWEDEN’S LOST SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC MOORINGS 28 Jenny Andersson 5. GERMANY: STEERING TRANSFORMATION 37 Max Ostermayer 6. UNITED STATES: POLITICAL GRIDLOCK 44 Sheri Berman 7. ITALY: (STILL) NOT FOLLOWING RUSSIA’S CUE 54 Nathalie Tocci 8. FRANCE: A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES? 60 Bruno Cautrès 9. BREXIT AND BRITISH LABOUR 66 Patrick Diamond 10. POLAND: STRUGGLING FOR A HEARING 75 Anna Pacześniak 11. HUNGARY’S SOCIALISTS: THE SCARS OF REGIME CHANGE 83 András Bíró-Nagy 12. COLOMBIA, THROUGH A GENDER LENS 92 Juliana Hernandez PART 2 PART 2 1. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC-POLICY REFORM 103 Dimitris Tsarouhas 2. A SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC ZEITGEIST IN EUROPE? 114 Ania Skrzypek 3. EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR POLICIES 125 Sotiria Theodoropoulou 4. EU INVESTMENT FOR JOBS AND PROSPERITY 135 László Andor 5. REFRAMING CULTURAL POLICY 147 Mafalda Dâmaso 6. SECURITY AND DEFENCE: PRINCIPLED PRAGMATISM 158 Christos Katsioulis 7. LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSFORMATION 168 Felix Butzla! 8. POLITICAL PARTIES AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGNING 177