
Is There A Future For Social Democracy In Europe?
The response to the Great Recession from European social democratic/centre-left parties, with some notable exceptions like Portugal’s, was largely to implement the austerity policies of
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Sebastían Royo is a Professor of Government and Acting Provost at Suffolk University in Boston, USA, working on comparative politics. His books include A New Century of Corporatism? Corporatism in Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal in Comparative Perspective (2002).

The response to the Great Recession from European social democratic/centre-left parties, with some notable exceptions like Portugal’s, was largely to implement the austerity policies of