Elections in Croatia, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia by Pavel E. Kandel

“…The opposition nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party in Northern Macedonia has defeated the incumbent Social Democrats with a huge score, however, their ability to carry out the campaign promises is yet unclear. …”
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Anton Nilsson et l’écho d’une bombe. Malmö, 1908-1917 by Lars Berggren, Roger Johansson

“…Following the “potato revolution” and as the first Social Democratic / Liberal government was elected, he was granted an amnesty in 1917 and released from captivity. …”
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From acceptera to Vällingby: The Discourse on Individuality and Community in Sweden (1931-54) by Lucy Creagh

“…While Vällingby provided improved dwellings and amenity, setting new standards in terms of efficiency, economy and convenience, these very qualities, it is suggested in conclusion, also mask the ‘unfreedoms’ of the modern welfare state, which in the case of Vällingby might be seen as the Social Democratic bias towards a ‘group society’ at the expense of true self-determination.…”
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Crises et transformations du modèle social-démocrate suédois by Jean-François Vidal

“…We begin by describing the principal features of the Social-Democratic policies that were implemented between the 1930’s and the 1970’s. …”
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Lithuanian women's political and social movement at the end of XX century by Virginija Jurėnienė

“…The political parties, i.e., Social Democrats, Democrats, and Christian Democrats, wanted to gain influence on the women's movement. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA by L. M. Efimova

“…Globalization which penetrates the country’s economy, political and social democratization and westernization provoke protest movements under Islamic banners and increase Islamic trends in Indonesian society. …”
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BALTIC ETHNOCRACIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EU: IN SEARCH OF CONSENSUS UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS by V. V. Vorotnikov

“…It is possible to nominally define the political situation in Lithuania as partisan consensus, whereas in Latvia and Estonia foreign political strategies complicated by unresolved domestic ethnic and language minorities problems are a battlegroud for ruling right-wing conservative coalitions and social-democratic oppositions. So, main social and political forces in the Baltic states faced the task to find a new consensus on foreign political issues in order to efficiently develop national economies under the conditions of financial economic turbulence in the EU and worldwide as well as to support social unity.…”
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Evolution and Prospects of the «Alternative for Germany» by Аlexander А. Sorokin, Yuri D. Korovin

“…In contrast to the approach of the mainstream parties, the AfG’s views on governance and engagement with the European Union now pose a threat to the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Alliance 90 / The Greens because of the increasing popularity of right-wing populists among the German electorate. …”
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The role of political parties in multi-level environmental governance in the European Union and Germany by A. D. Lisenkova

“…For practical illustration, the climate policy guidelines of Germany’s main national parties (the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Alternative for Germany, the Free Democratic Party of Germany, the Left and the Alliance 90 / The Greens) and their European affiliations (the European People’s Party, the Party of the European Socialists, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the European Green Party and the Party of European Left) were compared with an emphasis on the new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Political and Party System of Germany after Elections to the Bundestag (2014-2015) by E. P. Timoshenkova

“…People in these lands are more eager to support social democrats, which was proved by the 2015 elections. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The author shows that the very idea of cooperation with socialists and social democrats received an extremely ambiguous reaction from representatives of Western communist parties. …”
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Traditions of the revived Lithuanian press in Vilnius in 1904-1914 by Violeta Černiauskaitė

“…The issues of war censorship were solved by the Ministry of Defence, which had the right to appoint war commandants. When social democrats and peasant populists gained power, the state of war was canceled and censorship was eliminated with it. …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…The book underlines that Wilhelm II saw Weltpolitik to bring all Germans’ together, including liberals, conservatives, social democrats, proving the power of iron in blood in German politics. …”
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