{"product_id":"democracy-in-scandinavia-9780719070464","title":"Democracy in Scandinavia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as consensual democracies -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Analysing the Nordic region: a block of distinctive consensus model democracies?\u003cbr\u003e2. Preferential list voting systems in Denmark, Finland and Sweden: a challenge to the party democracy model?\u003cbr\u003e3. The Scandinavian party system(s) since 1970: less unidimensional and less distinctive?\u003cbr\u003e4. The strength of social democracy on mainland Scandinavia: continued dominance or incipient decomposition?\u003cbr\u003e5. The diversity of coalition types and the frequency of minority governments: a distinctively Scandinavian form of parliamentarism?\u003cbr\u003e6. Corporatist interest group systems: (still) a distinctive Scandinavian trait?\u003cbr\u003e7. A common denominator between Westminster and the Nordic region? The growing importance of the office of Prime Minister\u003cbr\u003e8. The state of Scandinavian democracy: democracy “in a state”?\u003cbr\u003e9. Analysing parliamentary opposition parties: both policy actors and policy arenas?\u003cbr\u003e10. Policy-making in the Finnish and Swedish opposition parties\u003cbr\u003e11. The 2003 midsummer bomb and the centre party’s ‘decisive action strategy’ A case of office-seeking with a capital ‘O’\u003cbr\u003e12. Minority government, shifting majorities and multilateral opposition: Sweden in the new millennium\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. Democracy in Scandinavia: consensual, majoritarian or mixed?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037301211479,"sku":"9780719070464","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719070464.jpg?v=1750935240","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracy-in-scandinavia-9780719070464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}