Social Democratic Approach Research Articles

Economic reforms in new democracies: a social-democratic approach

Introduction 1. Economic reforms and economic growth: efficiency and politics in Latin America Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira 2. Politics and policy: economic reforms in Southern Europe Jose Maria Marawall 3. Economic reforms, public opinion, and political institutions: Poland in the Eastern European perspective Adam Przeworski Conclusion Author index Subject index.

Towards a Social Democratic Theory of the State

The paper attempts two tasks. The first is to provide a characterization of the social democratic approach which sets it in contrast to liberal democratic theories. This is pursued by contrasting the different interpretations of the ideal of equal respect which are associated with the two approaches. The second task is to establish that the social democratic approach is, if not clearly superior, at least worth considering further. This task is pursued by the attempt to vindicate three assumptions which the social democratic approach must make about the state.