Europe and the Left: Resisting the Populist Tide 1st Edition James L. Newell

Europe and the Left: Resisting the Populist Tide 1st Edition James L. Newell- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783030545406,3030545407,9783030545413, 3030545415

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• ISBN 10: 3030545415
• ISBN 13: 9783030545413
• Author: James L. Newell

This edited volume revolves around two sets of questions. First, what do the 2019 European elections suggest about the extent to which the mainstream parties of the left are attempting to deal with their decline through an increased, common, emphasis on their project for a more integrated, ‘social Europe’ as opposed to an emphasis on the more ‘traditional’, domestically-focussed, issues? Given the heightened profile of Europe in domestic politics; given the polarisation around Europe; given the way in which (especially in the countries of the Eurozone) media discussion of the domestic implications of EU decision-making can influence the climate of opinion regardless of the actions of domestic party actors themselves, we would expect the social democrats among them to seek to reassert control over the conditions of opinion formation through a renewed emphasis on integration (as well as its benefits and its potential as a source of identities to rival national, exclusionary identities) in opposition to their populist and Eurosceptical adversaries. To what extent do the campaigns waged by these parties bear out this expectation? Second, how well are the parties coping with the internal and external, institutional and political obstacles in the way of pursuit of this agenda?

Table contents:

1. Introduction
Part I. The Challenges
2. Social Democracy and Euroscepticism: The Integration Trap
3. The Left’s Divided Constituency and the Construction of a Unifying Narrative
4. The European Institutions and Their Communication Deficits
5. The Party of European Socialists and Its Problems
Part II. The Campaigns
6. Germany and the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
7. The French Socialist Party in the 2019 European Elections
8. The Firm Europhilia of the Italian Democratic Party
9. The UK and the Labour Party
10. Spain and the Partido Socialista Obrero Español
11. Greece and the Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
12. Conclusion

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