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This is a very considerable intellectual achievement. Goes weaves together a rich array of analytical concepts and empirical material to offer a synoptic overview of the development of European social democracy since the mid-nineteenth century. The breadth of the coverage is remarkable, unquestionably anchored in a coherent theoretical framework and appropriately critical in assessing the implications of the transformation of social democracy that has occurred over the last century. It deserves to be widely read. -- Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London

This is a very considerable intellectual achievement. Goes weaves together a rich array of analytical concepts and empirical material to offer a synoptic overview of the development of European social democracy since the mid-nineteenth century. The breadth of the coverage is remarkable, unquestionably anchored in a coherent theoretical framework and appropriately critical in assessing the implications of the transformation of social democracy that has occurred over the last century. It deserves to be widely read. -- Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London An enthralling history of social democracy from its inception to the present day. Eunice Goes skillfully depicts the tensions at play in its ideological evolution (from doctrinal and revolutionary approaches to democracy and reform) and in its organization (from a movement to a party and then to a governing party), to the crisis of social democracy today. For those, who want to understand or even shape what happens next, this book is simply a must-read. -- Ania Skrzypek, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels

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Eunice Goes is a Professor of Politics at Richmond University. She is interested in the role of ideas in politics and in political parties and is the author of The Labour Party Under Ed Miliband: Trying But Faliing To Renew Social Democracy (2016).

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