Social Democracy and Radical Left in the European South: Strategic and governmental experimentation in the cauldron of the crisis
Social Democracy and Radical Left in the European South: Strategic and governmental experimentation in the cauldron of the crisis

Author(s): KATERINA LABRINOU, IOANNIS BALAMPANIDIS
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Crisis; European South; Social Democracy; Radical Left; Government formation
Summary/Abstract: During the crisis, the Radical Left, especially in the European South, accelerated its course from marginality to mainstream, while social democracy found itself trapped in its previous strategic orientations. We propose to examine the two political families from a relational and comparative perspective, focusing on the interaction of Social Democratic and Radical Left parties as they have evolved in a series of national cases (Greece, Portugal and Spain) and, in particular, during the political and electoral cycle of 2015-2017 – with a special focus on the emblematic Greek case and the stunning rise of SYRIZA. The strategic responses of these parties to the critical juncture of the crisis, characterized by converging or deviating paths between the two ‘enemy brothers’, shed light on their political-ideological transformations and adaptations.

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