Scandinavian politics today

by Arter, David

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Full title :Scandinavian politics today / David Arter

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Publication Date:2008
Edition:2. ed

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Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008

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Originalår: 1999

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Description:xii, 355 s

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ISBN:9780719078538, 0719078539
oclc:ocn474282309
Dewey Decimal:320.948

Table of contents: List of tablesList of abbreviationsPrefacePart I: Scandinavia past and present1. The eight wings of the swan2. Nation-building and state-building, 1809-1944Part II: Parties in development perspective3. The emergence of the Scandinavisn party system(s)4. The historic strengths of the five main types of partyPart III: Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?5. 'Earthquake elections' of 1970-73 and the Emergence of New Party Types6. Party system change since 1970Part IV: The Nordic model7. A Nordic model of government?8. The Nordic welfare modelPart V: Legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region9. The Nordic Parliaments: An Alternative Model?10. 'Fairly Strong Standing Committees' and 'Influential Party Groups' -- a Distinctively Nordic Mix?11. Nordic Government(s): Parliamentary, Presidential or Prime Ministerial?Part VI: The strategic security environment12. The Changing Security Environment of the Nordic Region: From Cold War 'Security Threats' to the 'Security Challenges' of Today13. 'Reluctant Nordics', 'Reluctant Europeans', but 'Moral Superpowers'?Index