The Cambridge history of socialism edited by Marcel van der Linden (International Institute of Social History) ; Volume 2 This volume describes the various movements and parties across all six continents that wanted social change through state transformation. It begins with a reconstruction of social democracys trajectories from the 1870s until the present. The evolution of socialism on different continents is illustrated through a number of national case studies. Experiments at a subnational level (for example municipal socialism) are also explored as are the varying experiences of international umbrella organizations. The next part focuses on divergent socialist experiments and ideologies in several parts of the world including South Asia Africa the Arab world Brazil Venezuela and Israel Palestine followed by an overview of independent socialist movements including left socialist parties of the 1930s and the post war period and the global New Left since its beginnings in the 1950s. The volume concludes with critical essays on socialisms long term and global development.