debating progressive politics in Europe and beyond
Social democracy in Sweden (and elsewhere?) is in acute need of a new narrative. After the great socio-political transformations of first the ‘folkhem’ (the People´s home) in the 1920s and 30s, followed by the ‘great society’ of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, the former shapers of a politically, socially and economically more democratic reality have [...]
The British Labour Party has a new leader. Like his German and French counterparts, Ed Miliband has drawn a line under past mistakes and claimed a new beginning. He has promised a society where social justice is not sacrificed to economic efficiency, but where both mutually reinforce each other. This is good. Yet, most curiously [...]
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