{"product_id":"scandinavian-politics-today-9780719095689","title":"Scandinavian Politics Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA high-quality textbook which has earned a strong reputation and is cited by senior academics and undergraduates alike. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to view Nordic politics and policy-making in a wider comparative perspective. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Nordic states: a suitable case for comparison?\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The making of modern Scandinavia\u003cbr\u003e1. Settlers and empires\u003cbr\u003e2. Nation-building and state-building, 1809–1944\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The Scandinavian party system model\u003cbr\u003e3. The emergence of the Scandinavian party system(s)\u003cbr\u003e4. The historic strength of the five main types of party\u003cbr\u003e5. ‘Big bang’ elections and party system change in Scandinavia: farewell to the ‘enduring party system’?\u003cbr\u003ePart III: A distinctive model of political representation?\u003cbr\u003e6. Selecting candidates and electing members of parliament in the Nordic region: an analytical framework\u003cbr\u003e7. The personal vote and personal-vote-seeking: a shift towards an ‘individualised candidate campaign model’?\u003cbr\u003e8. Political representation: a ‘demand side’ perspective\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: A Nordic model of government?\u003cbr\u003e9. The Nordic states: consensual democracies?\u003cbr\u003e10. A Nordic model of government?\u003cbr\u003ePart V: A Nordic model of parliamentarism?\u003cbr\u003e11. The Nordic parliaments: much of a muchness ‘working parliaments’?\u003cbr\u003e12. The Nordic parliaments: an alternative model?\u003cbr\u003e13. Towards prime ministerial government or a presidentialised executive?\u003cbr\u003ePart VI: The Nordic welfare model\u003cbr\u003e14. Trouble in Paradise: W(h)ither the ‘Nordic welfare model’?\u003cbr\u003e15. A new Nordic welfare model?\u003cbr\u003ePart VII: The international relations of the Nordic states\u003cbr\u003e16. The changing security environment in the Nordic region. From Cold War ‘security threats’ to the ‘security challenges’of today\u003cbr\u003e17. ‘Reluctant Nordics’?\u003cbr\u003e18. ‘Reluctant Europeans’? The Nordic states or the Nordic peoples?\u003cbr\u003e19. The Nordic states: moral superpowers? \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037350887767,"sku":"9780719095689","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scandinavian-politics-today-9780719095689","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}