Nordic politics : comparative perspectives

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Nordic politics : comparative perspectives

Knut Heidar, ed

Universitetsforlaget, c2004

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"Most chapters build on lectures in "Nordic politics" given at Oslo University's Department of Political Science in the spring 2004"--Pref

Bibliography: p. [276]-301

Includes index

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Description

This book questions the much vaunted thesis of Nordic homogeneity by launching a comparative re-examination of the institutional structures, political forces and public policies that characterise Sweden, Denmark and Norway separately and collectively as emblematically "Nordic". Broadening the focus by degrees, the book tests claims that "Nordic democracy" and "Nordic welfare state" are a special case, distinguishing them from wider European versions. Each of the 15 chapters compares a different aspect of Nordic and national politics, among them parties and party systems; voters and social cleavages; civic society; women in politics; local government and security policies. With bibliography and index.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • State and Nation-Building in he Nordic Area
  • Modern State Reforms
  • Parties and Party Systems
  • Voters and Social Cleavages
  • Civic Society in Transition
  • Patterns of Corporatist Intermediation
  • Parliamentary Nominations and Political Representation -- Group Representation or Party Mandates?
  • Parliamentary Government
  • The Presence of Women in Parliamentary Politics
  • Local Government and Politics
  • Nordic Regions in a European Perspective
  • The Welfare State -- Still Viable?
  • Security Policies from Constraints to Choice
  • The Nordics and the EU
  • Comparative Perspectives on the Northern Countries
  • Index.

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