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Social democrats in the Western world look back on a century where growth and expansion of centre-left values seemed, during certain periods of time, to be a law of nature. Today, the so-called golden era from the 1940s to the 1970s is just a distant memory for the social democratic movement.<br> Volume 35 of Comparative Social Research challenges this narrative of the post-war glory of social democracy. It argues that social democracy has been associated too tightly with the specific context of post-1945 and explores the margin for manoeuvre for the social democratic movement, both now and in the future. <br> Contributors to this book explore essential questions for contemporary social democrats, such as;<ul> <li>What does social democracy constitute as a set of ideas in the 21st century experiencing rapid technological, economic and demographic change?</li> <li>Is the narrative of the decline of social democracy warranted, and is there an opportunity for transformation or even rejuvenation?</li> </ul> Social Democracy in the 21st Century is an essential reading for academics and researchers of political science and sociology.