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Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.
Trade Reviewthe Handbook is a most welcome -- and sorely needed -- contribution. An impressively heavy, well-presented and organised tome, it paints a rich tapestry of Sweden's past and contemporary political and constitutional settlement -- from the dawn of the exceptional Swedish model through to its present (alleged) twilight as a beacon of prosperity and equality. * Carl Truedsson, LSE Review of Books *
Table of ContentsSection 1: The Politics of the Welfare State (Section Editor: Bo Rothstein) 1: Bo Rothstein: Introduction 2: Stefan Svallfors: Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude trends 1980-2010 3: Anders Lindbom: Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback: The Swedish Welfare State after Eight Years of Center-Right Government 4: Christina Bergqvist: The Welfare State and Gender Equality 5: Bo Rothstein: The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State Section 2: Constitutional Design (Section Editor: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg) 6: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg: Introduction 7: Olof Petersson: Constitutional History 8: Jörgen Hermansson: The Election System 9: Tommy Möller: The Parliamentary System 10: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg: The Public Sector and the Courts Section 3: The Party System (Section Editors: Hanna Bäck and Gissur Erlingsson) 11: Hanna Bäck and Gissur O. Erlingsson: Introduction 12: Nicholas Aylott: The Party System 13: Gissur O. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin Kölln and Patrik Öhberg: The Party Organizations 14: Peter Esaiasson and Lena Wängnerud: Political Parties and Political Representation 15: Hanna Bäck and Torbjörn Bergman: The Parties in Government Formation Section 4: Electoral Behaviour (Section Editors: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson) 16: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson: Introduction 17: Richard Öhrvall: Voter Turnout 18: Maria Oskarson: The Never-Ending Story of Class-Voting in Sweden 19: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson and Sören Holmberg: Issue Voting Structured by Left-Tight Ideology 20: Jesper Strömbäck: Swedish Election Campaigns Section 5: Public Administration (Section Editor: Göran Sundström) 21: Göran Sundström: Introduction 22: Patrik Hall: The Swedish Administrative Model 23: Göran Sundström: Administrative Reform 24: Peter Ehn: The Public Servant 25: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: Governing the State Section 6: Subnational Government (Section Editor: Anders Lidström) 26: Anders Lidström: Introduction 27: Stig Montin: Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils: Actors and Institutions 28: David Feltenius: Subnational Government in a Multi-Level Perspective 29: Lars Niklasson: Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden 30: Anders Lidström: Swedish Local and Regional Government in a European Context Section 7: Sweden's International Relations (Section Editor: Ole Elgström) 31: Ole Elgström: Introduction 32: Ulf Bjereld and Ulrika Möller: Swedish Foreign Policy: The Policy of Neutrality and Beyond 33: Rikard Bengtsson: Sweden in the Baltic Sea Region 34: Annika Bergman Rosamond: Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid 35: Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-Price: A Force for Good? Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism Section 8: Sweden and the EU (Section Editor: Ulrika Mörth) 36: Ulrika Mörth: Introduction 37: Ulrika Mörth: Sweden in a Multigovernance Polity 38: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: The Europeanization of the Swedish State 39: Douglas Brommesson: The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond: On Multiple Roles in Swedish Post-Cold War Foreign Policy 40: Malena Rosén Sundström: Leading the European Union: Sweden's EU Presidencies 2001 and 2009 Section 9: The Political Economy of Swedish Governance (Section Editor: Johannes Lindvall) 41: Johannes Lindvall: Introduction 42: Jenny Andersson: A Model of Welfare Capitalism? Perspectives on the Swedish Model, Then and Now 43: Leif Lewin and Johannes Lindvall: One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy 44: Lars Calmfors: The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework 45: Torsten Svensson: The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations Section 10: Policy Making in Sweden (Section Editor: Carl Dahlström) 46: Carl Dahlström: Introduction 47: Torsten Persson: Policy Coordination Under Minority and Majority Rule 48: Olof Petersson: Rational Politics: Commissions of Inquiry and the Referral System in Sweden 49: PerOla Öberg: Interest Organizations in the Policy Process: Interest Advocacy and Policy Advice 50: Ingvar Mattson: Parliamentary Committees: A Ground for Compromise and Conflict
