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Subject(s)

• Scandinavia—Politics and government—1945-. [Browse]

Editor

• Nedergaard, Peter, 1957- [Browse]
• Wivel, Anders [Browse]

Series

Routledge International Handbooks Series [More in this series]

Summary note

The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics is a comprehensive overview of Scandinavian politics provided by leading experts in the field and covering the polity, the politics and the policy of Scandinavia.

Contents

• part, I Polity
• chapter 1 Introduction
• Scandinavian politics between myth and reality / Anders Wivel Peter Nedergaard
• chapter 2 The modern Scandinavian welfare state / Stein Kuhnle Matti Alestalo
• chapter 3 The egalitarian paradise? / Olof Bäckman Kenneth Nelson
• chapter 4 Still the corporatist darlings? 1 / Peter Munk Christiansen
• chapter 5 The green ‘heavyweights’
• The climate policies of the Nordic countries / Jens Hoff
• part, II Politics
• chapter 6 Goldilocks’ Frankenstein monster
• The rise, political entrenchment and transformation of the Scandinavian welfare states / Carsten Jensen Kees van Kersbergen
• chapter 7 Nordic administrative traditions / Per Lægreid
• chapter 8 Cabinets and ministerial turnover in the Scandinavian countries / Martin Ejnar Hansen
• chapter 9 The parliaments of the Scandinavian countries / Thomas Persson
• chapter 10 Nordic voters and party systems / Kasper M. Hansen Karina Kosiara-Pedersen
• chapter 11 Public opinion and politics in Scandinavia 1 / Eva H. Önnudóttir Ólafur Th. Hardarson
• chapter 12 Continuity and convergence
• Populism in Scandinavia / Ann-Cathrine Jungar
• chapter 13 Social capital in the Scandinavian countries / Rasmus Fonnesbæk Andersen Peter Thisted Dinesen
• chapter 14 The role of the media in Scandinavian politics / Sigurd Allern
• part, III Policy
• chapter 15 Fiscal policy in the Scandinavian countries / U. Michael Bergman Svend E. Hougaard Jensen Øystein Thøgersen
• chapter 16 The fisheries policy in the Nordic countries
• From open access to rights-based management fisheries / Peder Andersen Vibe Busk Larsen
• chapter 17 Making and re-making the Nordic model of education / Tine S. Prøitz Petter Aasen
• chapter 18 Immigration policies of the Scandinavian countries / Grete Brochmann
• chapter 19 Scandinavian models of diplomacy / Martin Marcussen
• chapter 20 Scandinavian defence and alliance policies
• Different together / Carmen Gebhard
• chapter 21 Scandinavia and the European Union
• Pragmatic functionalism reconsidered / Caroline Howard Grøn Anders Wivel
• chapter 22 The United Nations and the Nordic four
• Cautious sceptics, committed believers, cost–benefit calculators / Peter Viggo Jakobsen
• chapter 23 Scandinavian development policies / Thorsten Borring Olesen
• chapter 24 Conclusions
• Scandinavian polities, politics and policies reconsidered / Peter Nedergaard Anders Wivel.

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ISBN

• 1-351-33252-X
• 1-317-44378-0
• 1-138-90585-2

OCLC

993588090

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315695716

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