Title: Social democracy in the global periphery : origins, challenges, prospects /
Authors: Sandbrook, Richard.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Socialism.; Comparative government.; Socialism History Congresses.; Comparative government Congresses
Abstract: Through a comparative analysis of four cases, the authors demonstrate that a virtuous circle of socio-economic development and democracy can occur under apparently divergent circumstances of capitalist transformation.
Contents: pt. I. Introduction. Social democracy in the periphery ; Burdens of history -- pt. II. Case studies. Kerala : deepening a radical social democracy ; Costa Rica : resilience of a classic social democracy ; Mauritius : evolution of a classic social democracy ; Chile : the tumultuous path to the third way -- pt. III. Patterns and prospects. Social and political origins ; Challenges of globalization ; Prospects.