Social democracy is in a process of change as a number of developments challenge its organizational, ideational and electoral basis. This book elaborates on how social democracy should be understood under these changing circumstances, how social democratic parties have responded and what future trajectories await.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Social Democracy in the 21st Century; Dag Einar Thorsen Chapter 2. Social Democratic challenges in the South–and why they matter for the North too; Olle Törnquist       Chapter 3. Each unhappy in its own way? The rise and fall of Social Democracy in the Visegrád countries since 1989; Elisabeth Bakke and Nick Sitter   Chapter 4. Social Democratic Trade Unions in the Knowledge Economy: Challenges, Pathways and Dilemmas; Christian Lyhne Ibsen  Chapter 5. Basic income and social democratic policies; Nanna Kildal  Chapter 6. Governance by hybrid advisory committees – a hallmark of social democracy?; Cathrine Holst and Eva Krick  Chapter 7. In the Quest for a European Social Model: The EU Integration Path of Social Democratic Parties in Germany and Spain; Björn Hacker  Chapter 8. Social Democracy and the ‘Territorial Question’: Understanding the Attitudes of Social Democratic Parties towards Decentralization; Simon Toubeau  Chapter 9. From bounded universalism to the trial of internationalisation: Migration and social democracy in Scandinavia; Grete Brochmann  Chapter 10. Duties first, rights next! The Danish Social Democrats’ right turn on migration politics; Susi Meret Chapter 11. Third Way Departures and 21st-century Social Democracy: Corbyn vs Macron; Nik. Brandal and Øivind Bratberg