>I gladly do my duty.
>I recall that the prize was an item of the winner's choice, purchasable via
>Internet, maximum value $25. Name your stakes, Nathan.
Ah, I had this in mind for a while, an extremely appropriate prize for a bet on bourgeois politics:
>From Amazon.com (and don't forget to attach a note encouraging
unionization), paperback version of:
One Hundred Years of Socialism : The West European Left in the Twentieth Century by Donald Sassoon
Send to: 348 Elm St. New Haven, CT 06511
>From the synopsis, a broad analysis of the interaction of socialist impulses
within the confines of parliamentary politics limits. From reviews, it
shortchanges the broader socialist/communist context, but is very detailed
on the electoral history - exactly appropriate her :)
Synopsis (from Amazon.com A form of socialism has prevailed in Western Europe for a hundred years. In a massive work of scholarship and research, social observer and author Donald Sassoon charts the course of socialism across 14 countries. He shows how capitalism and socialism have been linked throughout their history and asks where that link may lead in the 21st century.
A unique and comprehensive study, One Hundred Years of Socialism traces the fortunes of the political parties on the left in Western Europe through the twentieth century. From the Second International to the birth of the welfare state to the student uprisings of the 1960s and beyond, acclaimed historian Donald Sassoon charts the course of socialism across fourteen countries, showing us both the origins of Western socialism and its considerable accomplishments, particularly since 1945. One Hundred Years of Socialism is an essential account of the love/hate relationship between capitalism and socialism in twentieth century Western Europe.