The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy

Auteur

Kjell Östberg is professor at the Swedish Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, Stockholm, and an outstanding expert on 20th century Swedish history. He has written extensively about Social Democracy and new social movements. His works include an acclaimed biography of Olof Palme, a study of Swedish radicalization in the 1960s and 1970s and, most recently, a book on democratization and social movements.

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE POSTER CHILD OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?

Résumé
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE POSTER CHILD OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?

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Introduction

1. Origins
2. The Revolutionary Years
3. Social Democracy in the Face of Reality
4. The Crisis of the 1930s and the Social Democratic Breakthrough
5. Harvest Time?
6. The 1960s: The People’s Home and Its Fractures
7. The 1970s: A Socialist Sweden?
8. Social Democracy Under Neoliberalism
   Conclusion

Index