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Article: Andrew Scott on the Left in Europe.
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- June 1, 2003
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Geoff Eley, Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 New York, Oxford University Press, 2002
The recent positioning of major European nations against the United States of America over the issue of war on Iraq embodies wider differences between Europe as a site of residual social democracy and the rampant neoliberalism associated with the United States. Geoff Eley's 700-page new book reminds us of the strength of the Left's history in Europe, of its lasting legacy in creating such democracy as that continent now enjoys, and the rich resources which remain from the socialist tradition to improve the parched political environment in which we ...