Olaf Cramme is Director of Policy Network. Previously, he was Lecturer in European Politics at London Metropolitan University and worked as a Parliamentary Researcher at the Houses of Parliament. He has published widely on global governance, the future of the European Union and European social democracy. He holds a PhD in European Studies from London Metropolitan University and studied history, politics and international relations at the University of Heidelberg and at the University Paris-Sorbonne. Patrick Diamond is Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network. He is also a Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was formerly Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. Diamond has spent ten years as a Special Adviser in various roles at the heart of British Government, including No. 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) where he served as Group Director of Strategy. Tobias Durr is a German political scientist and journalist. He Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Berliner Republik". He holds a PhD from the Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen and writes regularly for the media, including the newspaper Die Zeit.

• Preface Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond The Guiding Purpose of Centre-Left Politics 1 From Fatalism to Fraternity: Governing Purpose and the Good SocietyPatrick Diamond, Policy Network2 Social Democracy in a Global Era Luke Martell, University of SussexPolicy Predicaments 3 The Mechanics of Markets: Politics, Economics and FinanceJohn Kay, London School of Economics4 Debt and Deficits: The Quest for Economic Competence Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge5 Social Democracy at the End of the Welfare State?Peter Gooby-Taylor, University of Kent6 Building Sustainable Solidarity: Institutional Legitimacy and Social TrustBo Rothstein, Gothenburg University7 Progress and Social Policy: Two and a Half Cheers for EducationLane Kenworthy, University of Arizona8 Social Cohesion, Culture Politics and the Impact of MigrationMark Elchardus, University of Brussels & Rene Cuperus, Wiardi Beckman Stichting9 Identity, Community and a Politics of RecognitionMike Kenny, University of SheffieldGovernance and Politics10 The Politics of European IntegrationOlaf Cramme, Policy Network11 After the Mass Party: Progressive Coalitions for a Fragmented Left?Frank Decker & Volker Best, University of Bonn12 Back to the Future: Towards a Red-Green PoliticsJohn McTernan, political strategist13 The Squeezed Middle and the New InequalityLiam Byrne, UK Labour Party14 Coming to terms with the Challenges to Internationalism John Lloyd, The Financial Times15 Citizen Engagement and the Quest for Solidarity Henry Tam, Cambridge University16 Cooperation, Creativity and Equality: Key Concepts for a New Social Democratic EraRobert Misik, independent political analyst & Tobias Dürr, Berliner RepublikAfterwordOlaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond

Olaf Cramme is Director of Policy Network. Previously, he was Lecturer in European Politics at London Metropolitan University and worked as a Parliamentary Researcher at the Houses of Parliament. He has published widely on global governance, the future of the European Union and European social democracy. He holds a PhD in European Studies from London Metropolitan University and studied history, politics and international relations at the University of Heidelberg and at the University Paris-Sorbonne. Patrick Diamond is Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network. He is also a Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was formerly Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. Diamond has spent ten years as a Special Adviser in various roles at the heart of British Government, including No. 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) where he served as Group Director of Strategy. Tobias Durr is a German political scientist and journalist. He Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Berliner Republik". He holds a PhD from the Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen and writes regularly for the media, including the newspaper Die Zeit.

• Preface Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond The Guiding Purpose of Centre-Left Politics 1 From Fatalism to Fraternity: Governing Purpose and the Good SocietyPatrick Diamond, Policy Network2 Social Democracy in a Global Era Luke Martell, University of SussexPolicy Predicaments 3 The Mechanics of Markets: Politics, Economics and FinanceJohn Kay, London School of Economics4 Debt and Deficits: The Quest for Economic Competence Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge5 Social Democracy at the End of the Welfare State?Peter Gooby-Taylor, University of Kent6 Building Sustainable Solidarity: Institutional Legitimacy and Social TrustBo Rothstein, Gothenburg University7 Progress and Social Policy: Two and a Half Cheers for EducationLane Kenworthy, University of Arizona8 Social Cohesion, Culture Politics and the Impact of MigrationMark Elchardus, University of Brussels & Rene Cuperus, Wiardi Beckman Stichting9 Identity, Community and a Politics of RecognitionMike Kenny, University of SheffieldGovernance and Politics10 The Politics of European IntegrationOlaf Cramme, Policy Network11 After the Mass Party: Progressive Coalitions for a Fragmented Left?Frank Decker & Volker Best, University of Bonn12 Back to the Future: Towards a Red-Green PoliticsJohn McTernan, political strategist13 The Squeezed Middle and the New InequalityLiam Byrne, UK Labour Party14 Coming to terms with the Challenges to Internationalism John Lloyd, The Financial Times15 Citizen Engagement and the Quest for Solidarity Henry Tam, Cambridge University16 Cooperation, Creativity and Equality: Key Concepts for a New Social Democratic EraRobert Misik, independent political analyst & Tobias Dürr, Berliner RepublikAfterwordOlaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond