The Government and Politics of the Nordic Countries

Olof Petersson

Translated by Frank Gabriel Perry

The Nordic countries are known for developing a particular variety of welfare state. But what are the real lessons to be learnt from the "Nordic Model"? The Government and Politics of the Nordic countries provides an up to date description of elections, political parties, parliaments, governments, bureaucracy, special interest organisations, opinion formation and power structures in the countries concerned and how they are being affected by the process of internationalisation. The book has been published in Swedish as Nordisk politik.

Contents

1
The Beginning of Things...
2
A Nordic Model?
3
Elections and Political Parties
4
Parliaments
5
The Executive
6
Public Administration and the Judiciary
7
Organisations
8
Opinion Formation
9
Citizens and Power
10
The Power Structure
11
Nordic Co-operation
References
Index

233 p. ISBN 91-38-92340-8
Publica, Stockholm 1994

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