Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality

Australian Social Democracy in a Changing World

Carol Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-6301-6 (ISBN)

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This book analyses social democratic parties’ attempts to tackle inequality in increasingly challenging times. It provides a distinctive contribution to the literature on the so-called ‘crisis’ of social democracy by exploring the role of equality policy in this crisis. While the main focus is on analysing Australian Labor governments, examples are also given from a wide range of parties internationally.

The book traces how a traditional focus on class has expanded to include other forms of inequality, including issues of gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality and explores both the intersections and potential tensions that result. Meanwhile there are new challenges for equality policy arising from a changing geo-economics (the rise of Asia), the legacies of neoliberalism and the impact of technological disruption.

Carol Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide. Her main research interests are in Australian and comparative politics, the politics of gender and sexuality, the politics of emotion, and analyses of ideology and discourse. She also has a major interest in the domestic political implications of Australian (and Western) engagement with Asia. Her applied research focuses on how governments, particularly social democratic ones, manage social, economic, and technological change.

1. Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality: The Background.- 2. Social Democracy and Racial/Ethnic Equality.- 3. Gender: From Male Breadwinner to the Independent Adult Worke.- 4. Sexuality: From Morality to Equality.- 5. Class Equality in a Capitalist Economy: Wages, Work and Welfare.- 6. Feeling Equal: Affective Citizenship and the Politics of Equality.- 7. Social Democracy and Economic Equality in the Asian Century.- 8. Technological Disruption and Equality: Future Challenges for Social Democracy.- 9. Conclusion: Social Democracy and the Crisis of Equality.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.04.2020
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 228 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Australian Labor Party • Australian politics • Class Inequality • Democracy • Economic Inequality • Gender equality • Geo-economics • geo-politics • Labour • Marriage Equality • parliamentary systems • Political parties • politics of emotion • racial inequality • Religious discrimination • Same-Sex Equality • Social Democracy • technological disruption
ISBN-10	981-13-6301-3 / 9811363013
ISBN-13	978-981-13-6301-6 / 9789811363016
Zustand	Neuware