The period of Republican control is absent from many of the standard texts and is of considerable academic interest for a number of reasons, not least the 1994 election, the budget deadlock in 1995 and the Clinton impeachment scandal of 1999. The book illustrates the basic principles of Congress using contemporary and recent examples, while also drawing attention to the changes that took place in the 1990s. This text looks at the workings of the United States Congress, and uses the Republican period of ascendancy, which lasted from 1994 until 2000, as an example of how the Congress works in practice. It would be impossible to gain a complete understanding of the American system of government without an appreciation of the nature and workings of this essential body. The role of the Congress is essential to any study of American government and politics. It aims to contribute to a broader conversation about the future of social democracy by considering ways in which the political thought of 'third way' social democracy might be radicalised for the twenty-first century. The book considers how British socialist and social democratic thought from the late nineteenth century to the present has treated the objective of helping people to fulfil their potential, talents and ambitions. The SPD became the role model for programmatic modernisation for the European centre-left. It explores the latest debate about what the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) stands for. The book also examines the evolution of the Swedish model in conjunction with social democratic reformism and the party's relations to the union movement. It considers the evolution of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from its re-emergence as a significant political force during the 1970s until the present day under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The book also looks at the post-1970 development of social policy, its fiscal implications and economic consequences in three European countries.
It examines the ideological crisis that engulfed social democracy. The book looks at the impact of the change in economic conditions on social democracy in general, before examining the specific cases of Germany, Sweden and Australia. It argues that the cross-national trend in social democratic parties since the 1970s has been towards an accommodation with neo-liberalism and a corresponding dilution of traditional social democratic commitments. This book considers the underlying causes of the end of social democracy's golden age.
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