With contributions from innovative social and policy analysts including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, this collection provides a revised framework for social democracy.

Introduction: The Neo-Liberal society and its opponents ~ Bryn Jones and Mike O'Donnell;PART I: Alternative Paradigms and Perspectives;Editors' Overview;Modes of anti-neoliberalism: Moralism, Marxism and twenty-First Century Socialism ~ Jeremy Gilbert;People, planet, power: Toward a new social settlement ~ Anna Coote;Beyond neo-Liberalism, or life after capitalism? A red-green debate ~ Ted Benton;The Democratic deficit: Institutional democracy ~ Mike O'Donnell;PART II: Reform within Economic and Governance Restraints: Pushing the Boundaries;Editors' Overview;The Limits of neo-Liberalism? Austerity vs social policy in comparative perspective ~ Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving;The European Union and the UK: Neo-Liberalism, nationalist populism, or a cry for democracy? ~ Bryn Jones and Mike O'Donnell;Reform from within: Central banks and the reconfiguration of neo-liberal monetary policy? ~ Grahame Thompson;The Corporate cuckoo in the neo-liberal nest: Governance reforms for social accountability ~ Bryn Jones;Reform of the foundational economy: An alternative to 'back to the future' policies ~ Sukhdev Johal, Michael Moran and Karel Williams;PART III: Economic and Political Democracy: Restoring the Market-Civil Society Balance;Editors' Overview;Neo-Liberalism and social democracy ~ Colin Crouch;Rethinking public ownership as economic democracy ~ Andrew Cumbers;Democratic alternatives: Ideas and models from social movements ~ Bryn Jones and Mike O'Donnell;Conclusion: A Brexit from neo-liberalism? Towards democratic equality ~ Bryn Jones and Mike O'Donnell.