The Theory Of Social Democracy
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The Theory of Social Democracy
The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale for their policies. Yet a justification for social democracy is implicit in the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights, ratified by most of the worlds countries. The covenants commit all nations to guarantee that their citizens shall enjoy the traditional formal rights; but they likewise pledge governments to make those rights meaningful in the real world by providing social security and cultural recognition to every person. This new book provides a systematic defence of social democracy for our contemporary global age. The authors argue that the claims to legitimation implicit in democratic theory can be honored only by social democracy; libertarian democracies are defective in failing to protect their citizens adequately against social, economic, and environmental risks that only collective action can obviate. Ultimately, social democracy provides both a fairer and more stable social order. But can social democracy survive in a world characterized by pervasive processes of globalization? This book asserts that globalization need not undermine social democracy if it is harnessed by international associations and leavened by principles of cultural respect, toleration, and enlightenment. The structures of social democracy must, in short, be adapted to the exigencies of globalization, as has already occurred in countries with the most successful social-democratic practices.
The Theory of Social Democracy
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Political Theory -- 1 Social Rights, Risks, and Obligations -- 2 Regulation, Participation, and Actors -- Part II Political Economy -- 3 The Social Market Economy -- 4 A Rights-Based Welfare State -- Part III The Politics of Globalization -- 5 Progressive Globalization -- Part IV Cultural Foundations -- 6 The Universalism of Social Democracy -- 7 Cultural Divergence and Social Citizenship -- Part V Theory and Practice -- 8 Libertarian and Social Democracies Compared -- 9 Defective and Consolidated Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References and Bibliography -- Index
Capitalism and Social Democracy
Author: Adam Przeworski
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 1986-12-26
Not to repeat past mistakes: the sudden resurgence of a sympathetic interest in social democracy is a response to the urgent need to draw lessons from the history of the socialist movement. After several decades of analyses worthy of an ostrich, some rudimentary facts are being finally admitted. Social democracy has been the prevalent manner of organization of workers under democratic capitalism. Reformist parties have enjoyed the support of workers.