Overview
Analyses how a social democratic party’s conception of equality has expanded to include multiple forms of inequality in addition to class
Discusses key challenges Western social democracy will face in the twenty-first century
Incorporates highly innovative approaches to the study of social democracy
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- social democracy
- economic inequality
- gender equality
- class inequality
- racial inequality
- religious discrimination
- same-sex equality
- marriage equality
- technological disruption
- geo-politics
- geo-economics
- political parties
- democracy
- parliamentary systems
- politics of emotion
- Australian politics
- Australian Labor Party
- Labour
About this book
This book analyses social democratic parties’ attempts to tackle inequality in increasingly challenging times. It provides a distinctive contribution to the literature on the so-called ‘crisis’ of social democracy by exploring the role of equality policy in this crisis. While the main focus is on analysing Australian Labor governments, examples are also given from a wide range of parties internationally.
The book traces how a traditional focus on class has expanded to include other forms of inequality, including issues of gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality and explores both the intersections and potential tensions that result. Meanwhile there are new challenges for equality policy arising from a changing geo-economics (the rise of Asia), the legacies of neoliberalism and the impact of technological disruption.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality
Book Subtitle: Australian Social Democracy in a Changing World
Authors: Carol Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6299-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6298-9Published: 04 March 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6301-6Published: 07 April 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6299-6Published: 20 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 228
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Democracy, Politics and Gender, Asian Politics, Social Structure, Social Inequality