Socialist Parties in Southern Europe and the Cold War International Order
Ideological Evolution, Foreign Policy and Security
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Socialist Parties in Southern Europe and the Cold War International Order
Ideological Evolution, Foreign Policy and Security
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Social democracy has long been seen as in crisis, with some predicting its end and others emphasizing its capacity to adapt to changing contexts; this open access book explores the evolution of social democratic thought, identifying the period of 1970s to the 1990s as key decades in marking its transformation.
Analysing this evolution through the lens of socialist parties of Southern Europe- including those of SpainPortugal, Italy, France, and Greece – this book argues that the political and ideological trajectories of these parties, their internal and transnational debates, as well as their international engagements, are relevant to understanding the broader history of European social democracy and, more generally, contemporary Europe. Specifically, it investigates how these parties approached, debated, and responded to key issues such as socialist ideological development, the relationship between European security and NATO, relations with the Third World, and the projection of social democracy toward the Global South.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Institut François Mitterrand and Fundación Felipe González.
Table of Contents
2. “Challenges and Opportunities for Southern Europe in the Long Seventies” Antonio Moreno (Complutense University of Madrid) and Carlos Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid)
3. "German social democracy and Iberian socialism from dictatorship to democracy" Antonio Muñoz (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
4. "Ideological Trends of a Socialism in Transition: The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), from Exile to European Integration” Juan Andrade (Complutense University of Madrid)
5. "Spain would be neutral, and Europe a factor of peace: The international policy envisioned by Spanish socialists in the 1970s and 1980s" Alan Granadino (Complutense University of Madrid)
6. “An unloved concept: The position of Portuguese socialists towards social-democracy: Between internal pressures and external influences” David Castaño (IPRI-Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
7. “The Political Ideology of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement Party (PASOK)” Lykourgos Kourkouvelas (University of Athens)
8. "The Italian Socialist Party after 1976: From the Periphery to the Periphery of European Socialism?” Michele di Donato (Università di Pisa)
9. "François Mitterrand, French Socialist Party and Latin America: Argentina (1971-1983)” Matthieu Trouvé (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
10. "François Mitterrand's vision of European security, between the Cold War and the fight against terrorism" Nicolás Badalassi (Sciences Po Aix)
11. "Resizing the Euro-Latin American Relations: The Historical Significance of the Socialist International " Luciana Fazio (LUISS Guido Carli)
Product details
| Published | 05 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350546653 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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