“Index” in “Social Democracy After the Cold War”
Index
AFL-CIO: and civil rights, 119, 122
and Clinton Administration, 129
link to Democratic Party, 117–18, 124
and McGovern campaign, 125
in 1970s-80s, 125–26
and Obama Administration, 144
ALP. See Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Anderson, Perry, 47
Anti-Poll Tax Federation, 167
anti-terrorism laws, 228
anti-war movement, 123, 218, 231, 237, 256, 257, 272
Asbrink, Erik, 212
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), 133
Australian Building and Construction Commission, 199–201
Australian Labor Party (ALP): and Australian Building and Construction Commission, 199–201
history of relations with unions, 8, 184–87, 194, 203–4
and neoliberalism, 3, 186, 199–201, 203–4
in opposition, 186–87
passes Fair Work Act, 195–99
response to WorkChoices, 189–93
and Transition Bill, 194–95
balanced budgets: in BC, 85, 86, 88
in Britain, 171
in Manitoba, 81
in Nova Scotia, 90–91
in Sweden, 222
in US, 128
Barrett government (British Columbia), 83–84
Beazley, Kim, 189
Benn, Tony, 162, 163, 165, 166
Bernstein, Eduard, 21
Bickerton, Jim, 89
Bisky, Lothar, 260
Blair, Tony: and re-shaping Labour, 3, 30, 39, 167–70, 171
Blakeney government (Saskatchewan), 72–74
Bloc Québécois (BQ), 96–97, 271, 273
Bodström, Thomas, 231
Bouchard, Lucien, 281–82
Boulerice, Alexandre, 276–77
Boyd, Brian, 197
Brandt, Willy, 242–243
British Columbia, 82–88
Browder, Earl, 113
business community: ALP’s relations with, 191–92, 203
in BC, 82–83
and Fair Work Act (Aus), 197, 198–99
and German unions, 250, 256. See also capital/capitalism
California Proposition 14, 130
Callaghan government (United Kingdom), 161
Calvert government (Saskatchewan), 76–77
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD), 162–64
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), 6, 53
capital/capitalism: accord with labour, 25
CCF/NDP accommodation with, 47–48, 50, 51–53
and globalization, 27–30
Labour Party’s accommodation with, 150, 156–57, 159, 161–62, 177–78
and Québec Solidaire, 279
social democracy’s dependence on, 76–77, 146–47
and Swedish Social Democrats program, 224–25
and US social democrats, 105–8, 127
varieties of, 28
Carlsson government (Sweden), 227, 229
Carter Administration (United States), 124, 128
Chifley government (Australia), 185
Chirac, Jacques, 39
Chorney, Harold, 82
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) (Germany): defeat of, 253
and German unity, 235, 241, 244, 245
as government, 236–37, 245–46, 247, 248–49, 250
2005 election victory, 258
working-class base of, 261, 266
civil rights movement (United States), 119–23
civil society groups, 20, 209. See also social movements
Clark government (British Columbia), 84, 86–87
class struggle, 63–64, 82, 87, 157–58
Clegg, Nick, 180
Clinton, Bill: as Democratic candidate, 125
supported by social democrats, 128–29
and Third Way, 31, 36, 37–38, 39, 253–54
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 50–53, 54, 82. See also New Democratic Party (NDP)
Coalition for Jobs (Germany), 250
Cold War: and criticism of capitalism, 51
effect on US politics, 114–18
and labour-capital accord, 25
communism, 21, 214, 216–18, 219
Communist Party (Canada), 283
Communist Party (Germany), 260
Communist Party (Sweden), 216, 224
Communist Party (United States), 107, 113, 118
competitiveness: in BC, 86, 88
as core NDP policy, 93
in Germany, 254
in Ontario, 67–68
theory of, 43
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 107, 115–17. See also AFL–CIO
Conservative-Liberal coalition (Germany), 266
Conservative Party (Canada), 275
Conservative Party (Sweden), 221, 229
Conservative Party (United Kingdom), 171. See also Thatcher government (United Kingdom)
Contract for the American Dream, 145
corporatism, 17, 20, 28–29, 37, 67–68, 254
Cross, Michael, 47
Dahrendorf, Ralf, 19
Darling, Alistair, 175
Davis, Mike, 103–4, 113–14, 118
Debs, Eugene V., 109
Democratic Party (United States): and civil rights movement, 121–22
end of social activism in, 124–25
as home for social democrats, 106, 112, 118, 119, 126
link to organized labour, 117–18
and post-war politics, 114–15
and recent austerity offensive, 137–38, 141
social democrats view of, 101, 102
ties to social democracy, 130–31, 133, 135–36
why social democracy must cut ties with, 146–47
Democratic Socialists (Germany), 260
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), 126, 129, 134–36
Dexter government (Nova Scotia), 89–92, 93
Dobbs, Farrell, 110
Doer government (Manitoba), 77, 79–82
Dosanjh government (British Columbia), 85, 87–88
Drouilly, Pierre, 274
Duceppe, Gilles, 286–87
Duverger, Maurice, 184
economic crises: dotcom, 237, 256–57
economic crisis of 2008: and advance of neoliberalism, 4, 14, 95, 265–66
in Sweden, 232
in UK, 171
economic growth: key factor in social democracy success, 5, 10, 16, 40, 42–43
and new economy, 17
technocratic outlook on, 19–20
economic inequality, 32–34
The Electoral Alternative Work and Social Justice (WASG) (Germany), 239, 253, 259
electoral reform, 155–56, 178–80, 181
Elliot, Larry, 4
environmental movement, 231
Erickson, Lynda, 64
Erlander, Tage, 216
European Union (EU): and fiscal policy in Germany, 246, 247, 257
as issue in Swedish politics, 215, 221, 222, 227, 229, 231
and Romano Prodi, 255
and social model, 38
Fabian Society, 153
Fair Work Act (Australia), 195–99
Feminist Initiative (Sweden), 231
Fielding, Stephen, 195, 197, 201
Fletcher Jr., Bill, 135
Foot, Michael, 165
Fordist-Keynesian framework, 57, 66
Fraser, Doug, 125
Free Democratic Party (Germany), 245, 258, 266
free trade, 37–38, 41, 128, 129
Gamble, Andrew, 46
Giddens, Anthony, 30
Gillard, Julia, 190, 192, 196, 200, 201, 202
Gingrich, Newt, 128
globalization: in Australian politics, 186–87
and competitiveness, 43
and corporatism, 20
debate on, 27–30
effect on social democracy, 16
in German politics, 249, 253–54
Greater London Council, 167
Green Party: in Australia, 202
in British Columbia, 85
in Germany, 237, 241, 250, 254, 255, 260–61, 267
in US, 133
Greider, William, 142
Guay, Jean-Harman, 274
Haiven, Larry, 90
Hampton, Howard, 70
Hansen, Phillip, 82
Harcourt government (British Columbia), 84, 85–86
Harrington, Michael, 1–2, 118, 121, 126–27
Hawke government (Australia), 186
Healey, Dennis, 165
Hobsbawm, Eric, 13
Howard government (Australia), 188
Howell, Chris, 55
immigration, 104
individual responsibility, 178
individualization, 26
industrial relations, 187–93, 194–99. See also unions
inflation, 32, 71–72, 168, 220, 221
Iraq war, 228, 231, 237, 246, 257
Isaby, Jonathan, 179
Johnson Administration (United States), 120, 121–22, 123
Jospin, Lionel, 30, 37, 39, 255
Juholt, Hakan, 234
Keating government (Australia), 186
Kennedy, Edward, 125
Kennedy Administration (United States), 121
Keynesian welfare state: abandoned by social democracy, 1, 20, 22, 23, 25
accepted by CCF/NDP, 45, 52–53, 56–58, 66
clash with conservative economics, 5, 17, 23, 28–29
and competition state, 43
in Germany, 239, 240, 252, 257–58, 263, 265
and Labour economic crises, 161–62
technocratic outlook of, 19–20
in UK, 169–70
King, Mackenzie, 47
Kirkland, Lane, 125
Klein, Naomi, 170
Kohl, Helmut, 242
La Botz, Dan, 126n1
labor-liberalism, 112–14
labour movement. See unions
Labour Party (United Kingdom): approach to concept of class, 173–75
attempt at democratic reform of, 162–64
as brokerage party, 170–71, 173–75
connection to civil protest movements, 167, 178–79
connection to unions, 56, 153–55, 168, 169
under Ed Miliband, 175–78
and electoral reform, 155–56, 179–80
electoral strategy of, 150–51, 180
establishing identity of, 149–50, 155, 178–79, 181
and inability to confront capitalism, 150, 156–57, 159, 161–62, 177–78
inability to fight Thatcherism, 8, 159–60
and 1970s economic crises, 161–62
parliamentarianism of, 153–55, 159, 160, 165, 170–71, 179, 180
possibility of left leaving, 181–82
and postwar ruling consensus, 157–58
purging its left wing, 164–66
under Tony Blair, 3, 30, 39, 167–70, 171
2010 leadership contest, 171–73
LaFollette, Robert, 109
Lafontaine, Oskar, 242, 243, 254, 256, 260
Laliberté, Raymond, 286
Lavelle, Ashley David, 184
Laxer, Jim, 57–58
Laycock, David, 64
Layton, Jack, 96, 97, 272, 275, 277, 286
Le Pen, Jean Marie, 39
The Left (Germany): forming of, 259
lack of electoral success, 264–65
split in philosophy of, 263–64
support base of, 259–60
working class support of, 239–40, 262–63, 264
Left Party (Sweden), 216–18, 222, 232, 233
Legault, François, 273
Lewis, John L., 110
Leys, Colin, 151, 153, 158, 159–60, 162, 181
Liberal-Conservative coalition (Sweden), 214
Liberal Democrats (United Kingdom), 179–80
Liberal-National coalition (Australia), 8, 187–89
Liberal Party (Australia), 197, 202
Liberal Party (Canada), 274
Liberal Party (Sweden), 229
Liberal Party (United Kingdom), 152, 166
libertarianism, 268
Lichtenstein, Nelson, 112–13
Lindh, Anna, 229
Löfven, Stefan, 234
Lundby-Wedin, Wanja, 213, 215, 226
Lyon, Sterling, 77
Mandelson, Peter, 165
Manitoba, 77–82
Marx, Karl, 29
Marxist parties, 82, 94. See also Communist Party
Mazzochi, Tony, 132
McDonough, Alexa, 55
McGovern, George, 124
Meany, George, 125
Meidner, Rudolf, 219
Merkel, Angela, 39
Miliband, David, 150, 172–74, 176
Miliband, Ed, 150, 172–73, 174–78, 180
Miliband, Ralph, 160, 172, 175
Militant Tendency (United Kingdom), 165, 167
Miller, Riel, 66–67
Moderate Party (Sweden), 213, 233
Mondale, Walter, 125
monetarism, 28, 72, 161–62, 168, 171, 246
Morin, Claude, 285
Mortimer, Wyndham, 110
Mulcair, Thomas, 273, 276, 277, 286
Nader, Ralph, 133
National Party (Australia), 202
nationalization. See public ownership
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 226, 227–28, 246
NDP. See New Democratic Party (NDP) (Canada)
neoliberalism: and Australian Labor Party, 3, 186, 199–201, 203–4
and Blair’s Labour government, 30, 167–70
in British Columbia, 85–88
discontent with, 16, 32, 33–34, 35–39
in Germany, 30, 39, 236, 239, 240, 249, 253–58, 263, 264–67
and globalization, 28–29
in Manitoba, 79–82
and NDP, 45–46, 59, 64, 65, 93–95
in Nova Scotia, 90–92
in Ontario, 69
and Parti Québécois, 280–83
in Saskatchewan, 74–77
social democracy›s adaptation to, 1–2, 19, 22–24, 47, 183–84
success in politics of, 30–31, 34–35
in Sweden, 212, 215, 219–24, 225–26, 234
of Thatcher government, 158, 161
and 2008 recession, 4, 14, 95, 265–66
and unions, 35, 37, 184, 220, 222
in US, 31, 40, 104, 107, 124–25, 127–29, 137
New Deal (United States), 110–11, 130
New Democratic Party (NDP) (Canada): in British Columbia, 82–88
and capitalism, 47–48, 50, 51–53
connection to unions, 53–54, 55–56
founding of, 54–55
and Keynesian welfare state, 52–53, 56–58, 66
in Manitoba, 77–82
and neoliberalism, 45–46, 59, 64, 65, 93–95
in Nova Scotia, 88–93
policies of, 6, 48, 51–52, 57–58, 64
as provincial governments, 6, 48–49, 59–60, 65, 71–72
in Québec, 95–97, 273, 275–77, 283, 285–286
in Saskatchewan, 72–77
tie to unions, 54–56, 62–63, 64, 72, 275
and 2011
and working classes, 61, 62–64, 69–70, 73, 82, 89
New Labour (United Kingdom), 8, 167–70, 172, 175–176
New Left (United Kingdom), 160, 162–64, 165–166, 167
New Left (United States), 123
New Party (United States), 132–33
Nichols, John, 145
Nova Scotia, 88–93
Nuder, Per, 211
Obama Administration (United States), 129, 136–37, 142–44
Occupy movement, 145–46, 178–79
Ohio, 139
Ohly, Lars, 217
Option Citoyenne, 278
Palme government (Sweden), 211, 227
Panitch, Leo, 59, 65, 72, 162, 181
Parizeau, Jacques, 285
Parti Québécois (PQ), 10–11, 273–74, 279–83, 284, 285, 286–288
Parti Socialiste du Québec, 283–284, 285
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) (Germany): becomes The Left, 239, 259
in East Germany, 236, 244, 245
organization of, 251–52
Pawley government (Man), 77, 78–79
pension plans, 91, 213, 223, 256
Perot, Ross, 128
Persson, Göran, 212, 222, 225, 228
Phillips, Peter, 74
Piazza, James, 184
Piven, Francis Fox, 47
Polanyi, Karl, 18
Pompidou, Georges, 205–6
privatization, 75–76, 168–69, 222–23, 225, 234, 255
Prodi, Romano, 255
Progressive Alliance (United States), 125
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), 133–34
Przeworski, Adam, 60
public ownership: in British Columbia, 83
CCF/NDP renouncing policy of, 48, 51–52
declining popularity of, 64
in Manitoba, 78
in Sweden, 222–23
public sector unionism, 121, 138–40, 280–81
public spending: in British Columbia, 86, 87
in Nova Scotia, 91
in Ontario, 69
in Québec, 281–82
unhappiness with, 33
Québec Solidaire (QS): future of, 11, 287, 288
program, 278–79
roots of, 277–78
and 2011 election, 96
Quiet Revolution, 284
Rainbow Coalition, 125
Reagan Administration (United States), 124
recession of 2008. See economic crisis of 2008
Regina Manifesto, 50
Rehn, Gösta, 219
Reinfelt government (Sweden), 233
Republican Party (United States), 136–39, 142–43
Reuther, Walter, 110, 112, 119, 120
Ridout, Heather, 197
Romanow government (Saskatchewan), 74–77, 90
Roosevelt Administration (United States), 110–12
Rose, Fred, 283
Rudd government (Australia), 194–99, 199–201, 203–4
Sahlin, Mona, 211, 215, 218, 223–24, 233, 234
SAP. See Social Democratic Workers’
Party of Sweden (SAP)
Saskatchewan, 72–77
Schachtman, Max, 118, 126, 127
Schmidt, Sarah, 86–87
Schmidt government (Germany), 260
Schreyer government (Manitoba), 77
Schröder government (Germany), 237, 253–58
Schumpeter, Joseph, 13
Schwartz, Joseph, 135
Scott, Frank, 51–52
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 144
Smart, John, 50
Smith, John, 167
Social Contract Act (Ontario), 66, 69
social democracy: ability to transform of, 1, 45–46
adaptation to neoliberalism, 1–2, 19, 22–24, 47, 183–84
arises in Wisconsin, 138–39
characteristics of, 18–20
current state of in US, 130–36
dependence on capital, 76–77, 146–47
deradicalization of, 49, 52–53
and economic crisis, 58–59
and economic growth, 5, 10, 16, 40, 42–43
electoral/reform split in, 21–27
fracturing of, in US, 126–27
future of, in Sweden, 229–32
future of, in US, 146–47
history of, in US, 108–26
as political movement in US, 99–105
in Québec, 282–86
recent activism by, in US, 140–42, 143–44
recent history of, 13–15
recent research on, 206–7
and 2008 recession, 4
and unions, 26, 32, 37, 55, 60, 106, 141–42
US definition of, 105–8
Social Democratic Party (SPD) (Germany): explanation of electoral results, 10, 268–70
future direction of, 266
and German unity, 235–36, 240–41, 242, 243, 269
and globalization, 249
and neoliberalism, 30, 39, 239, 253–28
policies of, 247–48
political deadlock with CDU, 248–49
shift from class-based politics of, 9–10, 267–68
in 2009 elections, 14, 237, 265
and working classes, 3, 250, 261–62
Social Democratic Party (SDP) (United Kingdom), 166
Social Democratic Women (Sweden), 208, 230
Social Democratic Workers’
Party of Sweden (SAP): change in party program, 9, 224–26
collaboration with Green Party, 217–18
foreign policy of, 226–29
links to social movements, 218, 232
links to unions, 207–8, 211, 213–15, 229, 234
and neoliberal economics, 219–24, 225–26
organization of, 207–13
social movements: in Britain, 167, 178–79
in US, 145–46
Socialist Forum (Sweden), 232
Socialist Party (United States), 103, 109, 114, 118, 121, 126–27
Socialist Party USA, 126
SPD. See Social Democratic Party (SPD) (Germany)
Stanford, Jim, 90
The State in Capitalist Society (Miliband), 160
Svanberg, Carl-Henric, 229
Sverige-Demokraterna (Sweden), 233
Sweeney, John, 129
Taft-Hartley Act (US), 114
Taylor, Robert, 2
technocratic outlook, 19–20, 27
Thatcher government (United Kingdom), 151, 157–58, 160–61, 167
Third Way: and Blair’s Labour, 39, 168, 222, 255
and globalization, 29
in Manitoba, 79
short-lived success of, 16, 36–39
social democrats adaptation to, 19, 22–24, 30–31
technocratic outlook of, 19–20, 27
in US, 40, 127–28. See also neoliberalism
Toynbee, Polly, 179
trade unions. See unions
Treaty of Lisbon, 215, 222, 229
Trudeau, Pierre, 71
Truman Administration (United States), 114, 115
Trumka, Richard, 144
Turmel, Nycole, 276
Turnbull, Malcolm, 197
Union des forces progressistes (UFP), 278
unions: and Australia’s industrial relations, 187–93, 196, 197, 198–201
in British Columbia, 84, 85–86
and change to working classes, 24–27
and civil rights, 119–20, 122–23
early representation in British Parliament, 152–53
effect of neoliberalism on, 35, 37, 184, 220, 222
in German politics, 246–47, 250, 263
loss of direction in UK, 159–160
in 1970s-80s US, 125–26
opposition to EU membership, 229, 231
opposition to neoliberalism in Sweden, 220, 222
and Parti Québécois, 280–81, 283
in post-war US, 102, 104, 107, 114, 115–18
relations with Australian Labor Party, 8, 184–87, 194, 203–4
relations with German Social Democrats, 245, 255–56
relations with Swedish Social Democrats, 207–8, 211, 213–15, 229, 234
relationship with social democracy, 26, 32, 37, 55, 60, 141–42
in Saskatchewan, 73–74
and social movements, 123, 232
tie to CCF/NDP, 54–56, 62–63, 64, 72, 275
tie to Labour Party (UK), 56, 153–55, 168, 169
tie to Ontario Liberals, 70–71
and US labor-liberalism, 112–13, 117
US Labor Party, 132
Wagner Act (United States), 110, 111
WASG (The Electoral Alternative Work and Social Justice) (Germany), 239, 253, 259
Waters, Maxine, 132
Weir, Erin, 76
welfare state. See Keynesian welfare state
Wellstone, Paul, 132
Whitehorn, Alan, 63
Whitlam government (Australia), 185
Wilcox, Murray, 199
Wilson government (United Kingdom), 161, 163
Winnipeg Declaration, 52
women’s movement, 230–31
WorkChoices legislation (Australia), 187–93, 194–95, 202
working classes: abandonment of, 21–22, 24
and Australian Labor Party, 185
change in composition of, 23–27, 43, 58–59, 60–61
and Clinton Administration, 129
competition for vote of, 22–23
difficulties for within US political system, 101, 103–4, 105
identified with Labour Party (UK), 149, 159
identified with Swedish Social Democrats, 207–8, 211, 234
and NDP, 61, 62–64, 69–70, 73, 82, 89
and Parti Québécois, 280
Republican Party attacks on, 124, 138–39, 140
and Third Way, 31
ties to German political parties, 239–40, 250, 251, 260, 261–63, 264, 266
US programs for, 122–23
voting pattern in Germany, 240, 244–45, 250, 257, 262
voting pattern in Sweden, 213
World Trade Organization (WTO), 254
Xenophon, Nick, 195
Yugoslavia war, 37, 227–28, 237, 246, 254, 256
Zwickel, Klaus, 250
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