This thought-provoking handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together Political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU.

Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Part I Introduction
• 1 The Unfinished History of the Social Democratic Family - Fabien Escalona, Mathieu Vieira and Jean-Michel De Waele
• Part II Western Europe
• 2 Austria - Anton Pelinka
• 3 Belgium - Pascal Delwit
• 4 Cyprus - Hayriye Kahveci
• 5 Denmark - Jacob Christensen
• 6 Finland - Michel Hastings
• 7 France - Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira
• 8 Germany - Amandine Crespy
• 9 Greece - Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
• 10 Ireland - Michael Holmes
• 11 Italy - Gianfranco Pasquino
• 12 Luxembourg - Patrick Dumont, Raphaël Kies and Philippe Poirier
• 13 Malta - Michael Briguglio and Roderick Pace
• 14 Netherlands - Frans Becker, Gerrit Voerman and Joop van Holsteyn
• 15 Portugal - Marco Lisi
• 16 Spain - Paul Kennedy
• 17 Sweden - Dimitris Tsarouhas
• 18 United Kingdom - Florence Faucher
• Part III Central and Eastern Europe
• 19 Bulgaria - Antony Todorov
• 20 Czech Republic - Michel Perottino and Martin Polášek
• 21 Estonia - Vello Pettai and Juhan Saharov
• 22 Hungary - Andràs Bíró-Nagy
• 23 Latvia - Jànis Ikstens
• 24 Lithuania - Algis Krupavičius
• 25 Poland - Anna Pacześniak
• 26 Romania - Sorina Soare
• 27 Slovakia - Darina Malová
• 28 Slovenia - Alenka Krašovec
• Part IV Conclusion
• 29 Social Democrats Today: Tribe, Extended Family, or Club? - George Ross