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The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy, 1918–2017

Giacomo Benedetto; Simon Hix; Nicola Mastrorocco · American Political Science Review, 114(3), 928–939 · 2020

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Article
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Giacomo Benedetto; Simon Hix; Nicola Mastrorocco
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DOI 10.1017/S0003055420000234
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedIn 31 countries between 1918 and 2017, support for social democratic parties was driven mainly by public-sector spending and the size of the manufacturing sector; most of the recent decline correlates with fewer industrial workers and weaker loyalty of core supporters.