Left Parties in Western Europe: Capitulating to Xenophobia
Location
Science Center, K209
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-27-2012 1:30 PM
End Date
4-27-2012 2:30 PM
Abstract
My project examines how leftist parties in Western Europe have responded to the rise of racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant sentiment since the Second World War. Using the examples of the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party, and the Swedish Social Democratic Party, I argue that both a varieties-of-capitalism approach and examinations of party type can illuminate and possibly explain the divergence in the rhetoric, ideology, and public policy among these parties.
Recommended Citation
Cheng, John, "Left Parties in Western Europe: Capitulating to Xenophobia" (04/27/12). Senior Symposium. 7.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2012/presentations/7
Major
Politics
Advisor(s)
Chris Howell, Politics
Project Mentor(s)
Chris Howell, Politics
April 2012
Left Parties in Western Europe: Capitulating to Xenophobia
Science Center, K209
My project examines how leftist parties in Western Europe have responded to the rise of racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant sentiment since the Second World War. Using the examples of the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party, and the Swedish Social Democratic Party, I argue that both a varieties-of-capitalism approach and examinations of party type can illuminate and possibly explain the divergence in the rhetoric, ideology, and public policy among these parties.
Notes
Session I, Panel 6: Us and Them: Explorations of the Boundaries of Identity
Moderator: Len Smith, Chair and Professor of History