Conflict and cohesion in Western European social democratic parties – BELL, DAVID S./Shaw, Eric Populair

Social democracy remains one of the principal political forces in West European politics. This volume examines internal conflict within the parties, a feature which has dogged the British Labour Party, the German Social Democratic Party and the French Socialist party. Within a comparative framework, the book identifies the main factors determining the nature, extent and intensity of internal discord within West European social democractic parties.