Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures

pp v-v

List of contributors

pp vi-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

Foreword

pp 1-4

one - Why the left loses: understanding the comparative decline of the centre-left

pp 5-22

Part 1 - The centre-left in the Anglosphere

pp 23-24

two - The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness

pp 25-38

three - Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democracts

pp 39-52

four - The ‘soft target’ of Labour in New Zealand

pp 53-68

five - Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality

pp 69-84

six - Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor

pp 85-100

Part 2 - The centre-left in Western Europe

pp 101-102

seven - Germany: little hope in times of crisis

pp 103-122

eight - The Swedish Social Democrats and the ‘new Swedish model’: playing a losing game

pp 123-136

nine - Between a rock and a hard place in Spain: the PSOE

pp 137-150

ten - The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis

pp 151-166

Part 3 - Conclusion: Why the left loses

pp 167-168

eleven - The end of revisionism?

pp 169-184

twelve - Social democracy and the populist challenge

pp 185-202

thirteen - The dilemmas of social democracy

pp 203-218

Index

pp 219-227