Centre-Left Parties and the European Union - Power, Accountability, and Democracy Hertner Isabelle Pevná vazba
Centre-Left Parties and the European Union - Power, Accountability, and Democracy Hertner Isabelle Pevná vazba This book investigates how the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS),…
Specifikacia Centre-Left Parties and the European Union - Power, Accountability, and Democracy Hertner Isabelle Pevná vazba
Centre-Left Parties and the European Union - Power, Accountability, and Democracy Hertner Isabelle Pevná vazba
This book investigates how the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS), and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) deal with the European Union (EU). In particular, this book analyses who within the parties formulates EU policies and who selects EU specialists. It contributes to our understanding of parties as democratic organisations.
They seek to reconcile market capitalism with social responsibility. This is a very timely topic, as the process of European integration places particular policy constraints on centre-left parties. However, the EU, in recent decades, has arguably done more to promote market capitalism and economic competitiveness than to enhance social responsibility and address increasing levels of social inequality.
This is an in-depth study that draws on over sixty-five original interviews with EU specialists from the three parties and the Party of
Accountability and Democracy
Britain and the European Union
Reforming the European Union