Social Democracy: Riding the Swings of European Political Life

... diminished, and they ran into conflict with the low-income segment of the population that traditionally supported them. The future of social democracy depends, in many ways, on whether it is able to reverse this trend, both in terms of practical policy and its ... ... systemic crisis in the European and World economy. In the early 21st century, Western Europe’s Social Democratic political parties faced the emerging trend of fading electoral support and their weakened position in executive power. As of 1 January, ...