Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Social Democracy in Europe: renewal or retreat?; Policy changes of European Social Democrats, 1945 98; Models of citizenship and Social Democratic policies; Social policy in Belgium and the Netherlands: Third Way or not?; The Portuguese socialists and the Third Way; Turning ideas into policies: implementing modern Social Democratic thinking in Germany's pension policy; The social and employment policies of the Jospin Government
Summary
Provides an analysis of Social Democratic governments, examining the policies they have adopted and assessing the extent of similarity and convergence in policy-making among the different countries. Includes case studies
