The British Labour Party is in crisis and without a clearly defined set of aims and values. Reclaiming Social Democracy is the first major reappraisal of social democracy and thinking on the centre-left since election of Jeremy Corbyn. With a foreword by Lord [Peter] Hain, it examines the key foundational principles of social democracy in order to find a route back to political credibility for Labour. Written by leading academics in the field, it identifies the values and objectives needed to revive left and centre-left thought and practice in Britain as an alternative to Conservative austerity.