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Is Social Democracy Dead?

Is Social Democracy Dead? Sca NNiNg the gL o Be: Po Litic S iN eu Ro Pe, Lati N a meRica, a Nd aS ia By Norman Birnbaum is sO cial d em Ocracy d ead? The Crisis of Capitalism in Europe At the end of the twentieth century, neither historical accident nor social purpose seemed capable of halting the ascent of a new capitalism. What was new about it was the supreme self-confidence of its apologists, the ruthless certainty of its agents, the global reach of its operations, and the now passive— only sporadically agitated—character of the resistance to it. True, there were the demonstrations in Seattle and Genoa, and at In Europe, Iceland and Latvia were effec- the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Thert e ively bankrupt and had to be rescued by the were even (very occasional) discreet invitatioI n n s ternational Monetary Fund, which imposed extended to (selected) adversaries of the nea w usterity measures otherwise applied only leviathan to cross the police lines guarding t sh oe uth of the Sahara. Ireland avoided the same participants at the Davos Economic Forum’s fate only by imposing austerity upon itself, services of worship to explain their market- erasing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Is Social Democracy Dead?

Birnbaum, Norman
New Labor Forum , Volume 19 (1): 8 – Feb 1, 2010
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© 2010 Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY
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1095-7960
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10.4179/NLF.191.0000005
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Sca NNiNg the gL o Be: Po Litic S iN eu Ro Pe, Lati N a meRica, a Nd aS ia By Norman Birnbaum is sO cial d em Ocracy d ead? The Crisis of Capitalism in Europe At the end of the twentieth century, neither historical accident nor social purpose seemed capable of halting the ascent of a new capitalism. What was new about it was the supreme self-confidence of its apologists, the ruthless certainty of its agents, the global reach of its operations, and the now passive— only sporadically agitated—character of the resistance to it. True, there were the demonstrations in Seattle and Genoa, and at In Europe, Iceland and Latvia were effec- the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Thert e ively bankrupt and had to be rescued by the were even (very occasional) discreet invitatioI n n s ternational Monetary Fund, which imposed extended to (selected) adversaries of the nea w usterity measures otherwise applied only leviathan to cross the police lines guarding t sh oe uth of the Sahara. Ireland avoided the same participants at the Davos Economic Forum’s fate only by imposing austerity upon itself, services of worship to explain their market- erasing

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Published: Feb 1, 2010

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