Social Democracy – A SWOT Analysis

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Social Europe and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ran a project in 2017 on the situation of progressive parties from across the world with a specific focus on social democratic parties in Europe. Most progressive parties find themselves in difficult situations in their respective political systems and it was the aim of this project to identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats using a SWOT analysis framework often used in management.

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1. Reinventing Social Democracy: An Updated Swedish
Model
2. Dutch Social Democracy: Reuniting The Fragmented
Left
3. Hungarian Social Democrats Take Fight To Orban
4. Social Democracy Key To Deepening Europe’s
Democracy
5. Pasok: New Leadership, New Discourse To Revive
Greek Social Democracy
6. The US Democratic Party After The Election Of
Donald Trump
7. UK Labour: Credibly Redefining Left Of Centre
8. Australian Labor: Winning By Rejecting
Institutionalisation
9. Parti Socialiste: Squeezed Between Macron And
Mélenchon
10. SPD Task Ahead: Enacting Communitarian And
Cosmopolitan Values

The main aim of the project was to provide a comparative analytical perspective that identified common features whilst paying tribute to individual specific circumstances. This eBook brought together the full project collection with inputs by world leading experts.

Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.socialeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Social-Democracy-A-SWOT-Analysis.pdf
Related Links
Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 10.07.17: Is social democracy facing extinction in Europe? (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/is-social-democracy-facing-extinction-in-europe/
Social Europe, 26.01.18: European Social Democracy Extinct? https://www.socialeurope.eu/pauly
LSE European Institute: EuroppBlog, 21.06.18: Explaining the electoral debacle of social democratic parties in Europe http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/06/21/explaining-the-electoral-debacle-of-social-democratic-parties-in-europe/
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 16.03.18: Italy Is the West’s Future https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/italy-west-s-future

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