In "Taking Back Control?", Wolfgang Streeck examines the negative repercussions of neoliberal globalization on political structures and social democracy. He highlights how political parties have increasingly retreated from engaging with the populace due to economic realities, leading to declining participation in democratic processes. Streeck advocates for dismantling the international structures that limit national sovereignty, arguing for a new system that allows for democratic governance and cooperation among sovereign states. His views prompt debate regarding the implications for immigration policy and his stance on the European Union, drawing comparisons with populist perspectives.
Political parties programmatically pre-empted by a new economic reality withdrew from their constituencies into the safety of state institutions; party membership and electoral turnout declined.
Neoliberal globalization created an arrangement that minimized the power any individual nation-state could exert to protect itself from the caprices of the global system.
To restore social democracy, we must dismantle the antidemocratic sources of international interdependence and the supranational regulations that are to blame for its decline.
Streeck argues for an alternative international system allowing for democratic governance within and peaceful cooperation between sovereign nation-states.
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