Social Democracy has the Potential to produce effective Policies for Sustainability

Yusuf Isik on 14.03.2010 • Leave a comment

The prevailing patterns of production, consumption and economic activity in general have given rise to serious sustainability problems in several areas. These accelerated further in the last decades as the world economy grew considerably bigger.
Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that unless drastic action is taken, global warming will lead to catastrophic consequences throughout the earth. Independently [...]

Sustainable Europe?

Victor Anderson on 10.03.2010 • Leave a comment

I am glad this week’s theme is called ‘sustainability’ and not ‘the environment’. The ‘environment’ always sounds like something you look at out of the window, or visit at the weekend. However what is on the agenda now is much more than that, it is about whether we can sustain the capacity of the [...]

Democratic Politics beyond the Third Way

Dimitris Tsarouhas on 05.03.2010 • 2 comments

Social democrats have a strong claim on democracy, and for good reason. First, their opposition to Soviet-style communism and their commitment to parliamentary democracy marked the beginning of their journey towards power.
Second, as soon as the alliance with the liberals fulfilled the goal of equality in political representation for the working class, they set their [...]