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This book is about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies. It breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as ‘consensus model democracies’. The book poses three main questions. First, what are the distinctive features of the five Scandinavian political systems when compared with the Westminster model of democracy? Next, how well does the evidence from recent commissions suggest that Scandinavian democracy is working in practice? Finally, is Scandinavian democracy consensual, majoritarian or mixed? The nature of legislative-executive relations is explored, with a particular focus on the role of the parliamentary opposition and its involvement in policy-making. The central conclusion is that all the Nordic states are majoritarian democracies, albeit with varying amounts of consensual legislative behaviour.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Scandinavia - past and present: the eight wings of the swan - the geo-politics of the Nordic region; nation-building and state-building in the Nordic region, 1809-1944 beyond - why 5+3 and not 2+6 or indeed 8?. Part 2 The Scandinavian party system in developmental perspective: the emergence of the Scandinavian party systems(s) - a basic 2+3 configuration?; the historic strengths of the five main party types in the Nordic region - the whys and the wherefores. Part 3 Parties, voters and social change - w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?: "earthquake elections" asnd new parties - the "unfreezing" of the Scandinavian party systems; party system change in Scandinavian since 1970 - "restricted change" or "general change"?. Part 4 A (the) Nordic model?: a Nordic model of government - myth or reality?; the Nordic welfare model - a case of "paradise lost"?. Part 5 legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region: a distinctively " Scandinavian form of parliamentarism"?; the dual executive in Iceland and Finland - "semi-presidential government" in more than name?. Part 6 The Nordic states in their strategic external environment: the origins of the post-war security configuration in Northern Europe; security and co-operation in the Nordic region 1949-91; the Nordic states in the New Europe - still "reluctant Europeans"?; the Nordic states on the eve of the new millennium.

About the Author :
David Arter is an Emeritus Professor and Director of Research at the University of Tampere, Finland

Review :
"Arter provides a solid and extended treatment of the Scandinavian party system(s)." -- "Choice"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780719051333
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Series Title: Politics Today
  • ISBN-10: 0719051339
  • Publisher Date: 28 Jan 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 156 mm


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