Social Democracy and Labour Market Policy

Knut Roder teaches Political Economy at Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus and is an Invited Scholar at the Instituto Juan March - Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales, Madrid.

Introduction: social democracy under pressure, The aims of this book, Methods and the quantitative and qualitative approach to programme analysis, Theoretical aspects: linking historical institutionalism with the decline of the Keynesian paradigm PART I Changing conditions for policy design 1 Challenges of post-war social democracy 2 Inside the party: changing conditions and strategies 3 Institutional constraints on party behaviour: Keynesian v. neo-liberal paradigms PART II The development of labour market policy 4 The development of labour market policy in Britain and Germany 5 Trends in policy convergence: findings from party documents 6 Policy reform and policy change: a comparative perspective PART III Conclusions 7 Converging social democratic strategy