Leftism Reinvented

By Stephanie L. Mudge,

Book cover of Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to Neoliberalism

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Left-leaning political parties play an important role as representatives of the poor and disempowered. They once did so by promising protections from the forces of capital and the market's tendencies to produce inequality. But in the 1990s they gave up on protection, asking voters to adapt to a market-driven world.…

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1 author picked Leftism Reinvented as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Another influential book explains why left parties decided to rebrand and adopt seemingly suicidal economic policies. Mudge traces the evolution of left parties' economic policies and the adoption of neoliberal policies as a function of their adaptation to waning voter loyalties.

This book explains the motivation behind the Third Way rebranding that many such parties underwent. 

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