Radical Left Party Family in Western Europe, 1989-2015

Name: Radical Left Party Family in Western Europe, 1989-2015
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Radical Left Party Family in Western Europe, 1989-2015Author(s): Paolo Chiocchetti\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367595968, 978-0367595968\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989 to 2015. After the collapse of really existing communism, this party family renewed itself and embarked on a recovery path, seeking to fill the vacuum of representation of disaffected working-class and welfarist constituencies created by the progressive neoliberalisation of European societies. The radical left thus emerged as a significant factor of contemporary political life but, despite some electoral gains and a few recent breakthroughs (SYRIZA in Greece, PODEMOS in Spain), it altogether failed to embody a credible alternative to neoliberalism and to pave the way for a turn to a different developmental model. \n\nThis book.