{"title":"Series: Ontological Explorations Routledge Critical Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOntological Explorations Routledge Critical Realism\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into the nature of reality and our understanding of it through a critical realist lens. This collection invites readers to engage with complex ideas across philosophy, psychology, and social sciences, offering nuanced perspectives that challenge conventional thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning diverse subjects from finance and business to history and technology, these works encourage a deep examination of structures beneath surface phenomena. Whether exploring concepts of value, altruism, or security, readers will find rich, thought-provoking analyses grounded in rigorous critical realism.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-european-social-democracy-by-david-j-bailey-9780415604253","title":"The Political Economy of European Social Democracy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book takes an in-depth look into recent developments in European social democracy. It begins by highlighting the somewhat paradoxical turn by a number of social democratic parties towards enhanced support for European integration, a move that has occurred despite the apparently 'neoliberal' direction of much of EU policy-output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA critical realist method is adopted, informed by both Marxist and anarchist critiques of social democratic parties, to argue that we can view this paradoxical development as resulting from the inherently unstable representation of constituents' demands for decommodification, a process central to traditional social democratic parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn making this argument, the book traces the transformation from 'traditional' to 'new' (or 'third way') social democratic parties in the UK, Sweden, France, Italy, and Spain. It also outlines some of the most important developments in social democratic policy-making at the European level. The book therefore provides an in-depth, theoretically-original, analytical narrative of the key empirical developments to affect contemporary social democratic parties in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn highlighting some of the contradictions inherent to both 'traditional' and 'new' social democratic parties, the book does much to suggest some of the reasons for their continued decline over the past three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Bailey completed his PhD at the London School of Economics, and currently teaches at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on social democratic parties and European integration. He has published articles in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Common Market Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eComparative European Politics\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608127389932,"sku":"9780415604253","price":70.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415604253-the-political-economy-of-european-social-democracy.jpg?v=1778184613"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-ontological-explorations-routledge-critical-realism.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}