Scandinavian Politics Today

This fully revised and updated second edition of *Scandinavian politics today* describes, analyses and compares the contemporary politics and international relations of the five nation-states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the three Home Rule territories of Greenland, Faeroes and Aland that together make up the Nordic region. Thirteen chapters cover Scandinavia past and present; parties in developmental perspective; the Scandinavian party system model; the Nordic model of government; the Nordic welfare model; legislative-executive relations in the region; the changing security environment and the transition from Cold War 'security threats' to the 'security challenges' of today; and a concluding chapter looks at regional co-operation, Nordic involvement in the 'European project' and the Nordic states as 'moral superpowers'. The book will be of interest not only to students of Scandinavia but to those wishing to view Scandinavian politics and policy-making in a wider comparative perspective.

ISBN 0719078539   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780719078538 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 544 Publisher Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Imprint Manchester University Press   Series title Politics Today Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780719051333 Publication date 01 Oct 2008   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress JN7042   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 320.948   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly Pages 368

		List of tables
Pt. I		Scandinavia past and present
1		The eight quills of the swan		3
2		Nation-building and state-building, 1809-1944		25
Pt. II		Parties in developmental perspective
3		The emergence of the Scandinavian party system(s)		51
4		The historic strengths of the five main types of party		72
Pt. III		Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?
5		The 'earthquake elections' of 1970-73 and the emergence of new party types		101
6		Party system change since 1970		133
Pt. IV		The Nordic model
7		A Nordic model of government?		151
8		The Nordic welfare model		170
Pt. V		Legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region
9		The Nordic parliaments: an alternative model?		193
10		'Fairly strong standing committees' and 'influential party groups' - a distinctively Nordic mix?		209
11		Nordic government(s): parliamentary, presidential or prime ministerial?		229
Pt. VI		The strategic security environment
12		The changing security environment of the Nordic region: from Cold War 'security threats' to the 'security challenges' of today		259
13		'Reluctant Nordics', 'reluctant Europeans', but 'moral superpowers'?		297
		Epilogue		340
		Index		344

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

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