Social Democracy in Post-War Western Europe

1.    The Theory and Practice of Social Democracy

Issues for Discussion

  1. How did the British Labour Party and the West German SPD adapt their socialism in the post-Second World War period?

  2. What were the strengths and weaknesses of social democracy in this period?

 

Reading:

Secondary -

Albert Lindemann, A History of European Socialism, pp340-345 (on Socialism in France); pp345-348 (on Social Democracy in Germany); pp348-350 (on the British Labour Party)

Information sheet on the reform programme of the British Labour Government 1945-1951

Primary -

Albert Fried and Ronald Sanders (eds), Socialist Thought. A Documentary History

  •  Antony Crosland, “The Future of Socialism”, pp528-541

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