| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 707 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Decline of Swedish Exceptionalism? / Jon Pierre -- Section 1: The politics of the welfare state -- Introduction: The Politics of the Welfare State / Bo Rothstein -- Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude Trends 1980-2010 / Stefan Svallfors -- Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback: The Swedish Welfare State after Eight Years of Center-Right Government / Anders Lindborn -- The Welfare State and Gender Equality / Christina Bergqvist -- The Moral, Economic, and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State / Bo Rothstein -- Section 2: Constitutional design -- Introduction: Constitutional Design / Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg -- Constitutional History / Olof Petersson -- The Election System / Jörgen Hermansson -- The Parliamentary System / Tommy Möller -- The Public Sector and the Courts / Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg -- Section 3: The party system -- Introduction: The Party System / Hanna Bäck and Gissur Ó. Erlingsson -- The Party System / Nicholas Aylott -- The Party Organizations / Gissur Ó. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin Kölln, and Patrik Öhberg -- Political Parties and Political Representation / Peter Esaiasson and Lena Wängnerud -- The Parties in Government Formation / Hanna Bäck and Torbjörn Bergman -- Section 4: Electoral behaviour -- Introduction: Electoral Behavior / Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson -- Voter Turnout / Richard Öhrvall -- The Never-Ending Story of Class Voting in Sweden / Maria Oskarson -- Issue Voting Structured by Left-Right Ideology / Henrik Oscarsson and Sören Holmberg -- Swedish Election Campaigns / Jesper Strömbäck -- Section 5: Public administration -- Introduction: Public Administration / Göran Sundström -- The Swedish Administrative Model / Patrik Hall -- Administrative Reform / Göran Sundström -- The Public Servant / Peter Ehn -- Governing the State / Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström -- Section 6: Subnational government -- Introduction: Subnational Government / Anders Lidström -- Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils: Actors and Institutions / Stig Montin -- Subnational Government in a Multilevel Perspective / David Feltenius -- Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden / Lars Niklasson -- Swedish Local and Regional Government in a European Context / Anders Lidström -- Section 7: Sweden's international relations -- Introduction: Sweden's International Relations Ole Elgström -- Swedish Foreign Policy: The Policy of Neutrality and Beyond / Ulf Bjereld and Ulrika Möller -- Sweden and the Baltic Sea Region / Rikard Bengtsson -- Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid / Annika Bergman Rosamond -- "A Force for Good"?: Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism / Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-Price -- Section 8: Sweden and the EU -- Introduction: Sweden and the EU / Ulrika Mörth -- Sweden in a Multigovernance Polity / Ulrika Mörth -- The Europeanization of the Swedish State / Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström -- The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond: On Multiple Roles in Swedish Post-Cold-War Foreign Policy / Douglas Brommesson -- Leading the European Union: Sweden's EU Presidencies 2001 and 2009 / Malena Rosén Sundström -- Section 9: The political economy of Swedish governance -- -- Introduction: Sweden's Political Economy / Johannes Lindvall -- A Model of Welfare Capitalism?: Perspectives on the Swedish Model, Then and Now / Jenny Andersson -- One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy / Leif Lewin and Johannes Lindvall -- The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework / Lars Calmfors -- The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations / Torsten Svensson -- Section 10: Policy making in Sweden -- Introduction: Policy-Making in Sweden / Carl Dahlström -- Policy coordination under minority and majority rule / Thomas Persson -- Rational Politics: Commissions of Inquiry and the Referral System in Sweden / Olof Petersson -- Interest Organizations in the Policy Process: Interest Advocacy and Policy Advice / Perola Öberg -- Parliamentary Committees: A Ground for Compromise and Conflict / Ingvar Mattson |
| Summary |
"This book provides a state of the art analysis of political development in Sweden. Covering all essential aspects of politics in Sweden, this volume provides detailed accounts of policy making, governance, institutional arrangements, foreign relations, electoral behavior, the party system, the public administration, the constitutional framework, and the welfare state. The Handbook shows how many of the features that once were exceptional to Sweden, for example, the welfare state, the consensual policy making, the historical compromise between capital and labor, and the dominance of social democracy, are less prominent today compared to a few decades ago although they are still certainly present. Global forces, increasing affluence, and an ideological shift towards neo-liberalism have contributed to making Sweden more of an average European industrialized democracy. The Handbook is divided into ten thematic Sections with four chapters and an Introduction in each Section. Thus, each theme is studied from different perspectives in order to provide the reader with a more multi-faceted picture of the political development in each theme."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Politiska förhållanden.
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Politik.
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| SUBJECT |
Sweden -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131091
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| Subject |
Sweden
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pierre, Jon, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191755699 |
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0191755699 |
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9780191643958 |
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0191643955 |
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