The Library and the Workshop
Social Democracy and Capitalism in the Knowledge Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20004686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Andersson (0000-0001-7766-9827) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The library and the workshop (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11126/stanford/9780804762632.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4239522578 |
| ISBN | 9780804762632 |
| Open Library | OL23203162M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This book offers a detailed account of the way that social democracy today makes sense of capitalism. In particular, it challenges the idea that social democracy has gone “neoliberal,” arguing that so-called Third Way policies seem to have brought out new aspects of a thoroughgoing social interventionism with roots deep in the history of social democracy. The author develops the claim that what distinguishes today's social democracy from the past is the way that it equates cultural and social values with economic values, which in turn places a premium on individuals who are capable of succeeding in the knowledge economy. Offering a study of Britain's New Labour and Sweden's Social Democratic Party, and of the political cultural transformations that have taken place in those countries, the book looks seriously into how the economic, social, and cultural policies of contemporary social democracy fit together to form a particular understanding of capitalism and capitalist politics.
Library science · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Library Science and Administration · 1945 · Economic conditions · Europe · Human capital · Mixed economy · Sociology of Knowledge
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |