
One Hundred Years of Socialism
The West European Left in the Twentieth Century
- 1,008 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
On 14 July 1889, the centenary of the French Revolution, socialist parties from all corners of Europe met in Paris. On the same day in the same city, the Exposition Universelle was launched to mark the achievements of capitalist production. The two events symbolized the beginning of the epic struggle between socialism and capitalism in Europe.; In this comprehensive study of a century of socialism, the author traces the fortunes of the political parties of the Left in Western Europe. From the rise of the Bolsheviks to the fall of the Berlin wall, from the Second International through two world wars to the Cold War and the birth of the welfare state, from the working class militancy and student uprisings of the 1960s, through the revival of feminism and the arrival of "green" politics, to the reluctant embrace of market economics en route to the millennium, Donald Sassoon charts the course of socialism across 14 countries.; He shows that throughout their history the fortunes of socialism and capitalism have been inextricably linked. They have grown up side by side, each one challenging and seeking to destroy, yet nourishing and shaping the other.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface to the New Edition
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Ackowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- BOOK ONE - EXPANSION
- PART ONE: The Hard Road to Political Power
- BOOK TWO - CONSOLIDATION
- PART TWO: The Construction of Welfare Socialism 1945-50
- PART THREE: Towards Revisionism 1950-60
- PART FOUR: The Perplexing Sixties: 'Something in the Air'
- PART FIVE: The Great Contestation
- BOOK THREE - CRISIS
- PART SIX: The End of the Great Capitalist Boom 1973-89
- PART SEVEN: The Great Crisis of Socialism
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index