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Conservatives argue that left-wing politics has had an excessive influence in the USA, but few others extend that credit. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones tells the full story of the left's numerous achievements, from effective opposition to militarism to the winning of racial justice.

Right and left (Political science) --- Left (Political science) --- Left and right (Political science) --- Right (Political science) --- Political science --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political

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‘In this excellent book, Newell offers a sharp and compelling analysis shedding a critical light on the relationship between European integration and the crisis of social democracy.’ —Arianna Giovannini, Associate Professor of Local Politics and Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK ‘Lucidly written, and with a keen grasp of historical detail and comparative example, this is a fascinating book, essential for understanding the European left’s past and future.’ —Luke March, Professor of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK ‘Admirably weaving three (red) threads – Brexit; European integration; the attitudes and policies of left-wing parties – Newell has written a highly commendable book.’ —Gianfranco Pasquino, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy This is a book about European integration and mainstream parties of the left, the main underlying question driving it being: Given that the communist left was fatally wounded by the collapse of the Berlin Wall; given that, since then, the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ have not infrequently been attacked (especially by populists) as being no longer useful for making sense of politics; given that social democracy, understood as ‘national Keynesianism’ no longer appears to be viable (as reflected in its long-term electoral decline), what does it mean to be on the left in the early 21st century and what can be done to revive its fortunes? Its answer is that being on the left means embracing principles of equality and international solidarity, and that since the nation state is too small to respond effectively to climate change and the other most pressing issues of the present, no viable strategy for left-wing revival in Europe can dispense with European integration as a central element, of which European democratisation is a core component. James L. Newell is former Professor of Politics at the University of Salford, UK, and currently Adjunct Professor of Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.

Right and left (Political science) --- European Union countries --- Politics and government. --- Left (Political science) --- Left and right (Political science) --- Right (Political science) --- Political science --- Europe --- Comparative government. --- Elections. --- European Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Electoral Politics. --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Gay culture Europe

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The Moralist International analyzes the role of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian state in the global culture wars over gender and reproductive rights and religious freedom. It shows how the Russian Orthodox Church in the past thirty years first acquired knowledge about the dynamics, issues, and strategies of Right- Wing Christian groups; how the Moscow Patriarchate has shaped its traditionalist agenda accordingly; and how the close alliance between church and state has turned Russia into a norm entrepreneur for international moral conservativism. Including detailed case studies of the World Congress of Families, anti-abortion activism, and the global homeschooling movement, the book identifies the key factors, causes, and actors of this process. Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner then develop the concept of conservative aggiornamento to describe Russian traditionalism as the result of conservative religious modernization and the globalization of Christian social conservatism.The Moralist International continues a line of research on the globalization of the culture wars that challenges the widespread perception that it is only progressive actors who use the international human rights regime to achieve their goals by demonstrating that conservative actors do the same. The book offers a new, original perspective that firmly embeds the conservative turn of post-Soviet Russia in the transnational dynamics of the global culture wars.The Moralist International is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.

Conservatism --- Human rights --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Conservativism --- Neo-conservatism --- New Right --- Right (Political science) --- Political science --- Sociology --- Law and legislation

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This book examines the European Left's attempt to think and give shape to an alternative type of European integration-a 'social Europe'-during the long 1970s. Based on fresh archival research, it shows that the western European Left-in particular, social democratic parties, trade unions, and to a lesser extent 'Eurocommunist' parties-formulated a broad project to turn 'capitalist Europe' into a 'workers' Europe'. This alternative model of European unity favoured coordinated measures for wealth redistribution, market regulation, a democratization of the economy and of European institutions, upward harmonization of social and fiscal systems, more inclusive welfare regimes, guaranteed employment, economic and social planning with greater consideration for the environment, increased public spending to meet collective needs, greater control of capital flows and multinational corporations, a reduction in working time, and a fairer international economic order favouring the global South. During the pivotal years following 1968, deeply marked by labour militancy, new social movements, economic crisis, and the unmaking of the 'postwar compromise', a window of opportunity opened in which European integration could have taken different roads. The defeat of 'social Europe' was a result of a decade-long social conflict which ended with the affirmation of a neoliberal Europe. Investigating this forgotten power struggle and the reasons of its defeat can be useful not just to scholars and students eager to understand the historical evolution of European integration, the European Left, and European capitalism, but also to anyone interested in building alternative European and global futures.

Social Europe. --- Europe --- History --- History. --- Europe : bulletin quotidien --- Right and left (Political science) --- European Union --- Left (Political science) --- Left and right (Political science) --- Right (Political science) --- Political science --- European Union countries --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Politics and government --- Droite (science politique) --- Gauche (science politique) --- Politique et gouvernement --- European Union. --- Union européenne --- Histoire. --- Histoire --- Climatic changes. --- Climatic changes --- Economic aspects. --- Shakespeare, William, --- Knowledge and learning. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Europäische Union --- Membership. --- Alte Prager Akten --- Verfassungsgeschichte --- Rechtsgeschichte --- Antiqua --- Denegata antiqua --- Höchstgericht --- Reichshofrat

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"This book provides a broad-ranging analysis of the global resurgence of right-wing forces in the 21st Century. These parties, organisations, and social movements represent a break from right-wing forces in interwar political history in Europe and the United States, and the right-wing dictatorships in Latin America. The book reflects on the most appropriate conceptual categories to account for this phenomenon and whether terms such as populism, fascism, authoritarianism, or conservatism can explain the new manifestations of the right. The book also explores this through a range of national case studies written by country specialists, focusing on France, Austria, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and the United States of America. Providing a much-needed global perspective, this book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of populism, fascism, right-wing extremism, and conservatism"--

Conservatism. --- Populism. --- Fascism --- Right-wing extremists. --- Conservatisme --- Populisme --- Fascisme --- Extrême droite --- Political sociology --- Political parties --- anno 2000-2009 --- anno 2010-2019 --- anno 2020-2029 --- Fascism. --- Conservatism --- Populism --- Right-wing extremists --- Far-right extremists --- Radicals --- Neo-fascism --- Authoritarianism --- Collectivism --- Corporate state --- National socialism --- Synarchism --- Totalitarianism --- Political science --- Conservativism --- Neo-conservatism --- New Right --- Right (Political science) --- Sociology