Socialism in 1992 Europe.

From: Canadian Dimension | Date: October 1, 1992| Author: Roberts, Joe | Copyright information

For more than a decade Western European socialism and social democracy have been in a crisis which was not relieved by the recent collapse of its mortal rival Communism. The state of the left must be described in several different categories.

Most importantly, is its indifferent electoral record. This is most important because such parties are first and foremost electoral machines; elections are their raison d'etre. But it is also important because of what it signals abo...

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