Stefan Berger 
Social Democracy and the Working Class [EPUB ebook] 
in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany

This is a powerful and original survey of German social democracy breaks new ground in covering the movement»s full span, from its origins after the French Revolution, to the present day. Stefan Berger looks beyond narrow party political history to relate Social Democracy to other working class identities in the period and sets the German experience within its wider European context. This timely book considers both the background and long-term perspective on the current rethinking of Social Democratic ideas and values, not only in Germany but also in France, Britain and elsewhere.