Webinar: Divided They Fell: Crisis and the Collapse of Europe's Centre-Left

When: Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Where: Zoom

In this webinar, we will be joined by Dr Sean McDaniel who will be presenting his new book, Divided They Fell: Crisis and the Collapse of Europe's Centre-Left. 

In this webinar, hosted by the Mile End Institute, Dr Sean McDaniel will be presenting his new book, Divided They Fell: Crisis and the Collapse of Europe's Centre-Left. 

Divided They Fell asks, why has Europe's centre-left failed to respond to the crisis of neoliberalism in Europe? Rather than opening up a moment in political time for the centre-left to puncture the dominance of neoliberalism, the multitude of crises in Europe since 2008 have consolidated its difficulties and contributed to the rise of radical and populist alternatives. 

Exploring the cases of the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste, Divided They Fell investigates the role of, and interplay between, institutional intra-party dynamics, the parties' ideational landscapes and the wider political economy in shaping their responses to these crises. Divided They Fell helps diagnose what has gone wrong for the centre-left and forces us to consider whether such parties are, in the context of new and emerging crises, still fit for purpose. 

This webinar will be chaired by Professor Patrick Diamond and Professor Sarah Wolff and the former MEP, Mary Honeyball, will act as respondents.