Together with our partners from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Social Europe ran a project on the situation of progressive parties from across the world with a specific focus on social democratic parties in Europe. Most progressive parties find themselves in difficult situations in their respective political systems and it was the aim of this project is to identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats using a SWOT analysis framework often used in management. The main aim of the project was to provide a comparative analytical perspective that identifies common features whilst paying tribute to individual specific circumstances. This eBook brings together the full project collection with inputs by world leading experts.

1. Reinventing Social Democracy: An Updated Swedish Model --- 1 2. Dutch Social Democracy: Reuniting The Fragmented Left --- 15 3. Hungarian Social Democrats Take Fight To Orban --- 29 4. Social Democracy Key To Deepening Europe’s Democracy --- 38 5. Pasok: New Leadership, New Discourse To Revive Greek Social Democracy --- 47 6. The US Democratic Party After The Election Of Donald Trump --- 54 7. UK Labour: Credibly Redefining Left Of Centre --- 64 8. Australian Labor: Winning By Rejecting Institutionalisation --- 75 9. Parti Socialiste: Squeezed Between Macron And Mélenchon --- 86 10. SPD Task Ahead: Enacting Communitarian And Cosmopolitan Values --- 95 Conversation Partners --- 105