The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics

by Jon Pierre (Editor)

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics provides a state of the art analysis of political development in Sweden. Covering all essential aspects of politics in Sweden, this volume provides detailed accounts of policy making, governance, institutional arrangements, foreign relations, electoral behavior, the party system, the public administration, the constitutional framework, and the welfare state. The Handbook shows how many of the features that once were exceptional to Sweden, for example, the welfare state, the consensual policy making, the historical compromise between capital and labor, and the dominance of social democracy, are less prominent today compared to a few decades ago although they are still certainly present. Global forces, increasing affluence, and an ideological shift towards neo-liberalism have contributed to making Sweden more of an average European industrialized democracy.

The Handbook is divided into ten thematic Sections with four chapters and an Introduction in each Section. Thus, each theme is studied from different perspectives in order to provide the reader with a more multi-faceted picture of the political development in each theme.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198803119
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/07/2018
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	736
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Jon Pierre, Professor, University of Gothenburg

Jon Pierre is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg and Professor of Public Governance at the University of Melbourne. He is author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of more than 25 books. Jon Pierre is editor of Debating Governance (Oxford University Press, 2000) and co-author (with Guy Peters) of Governance, Politics and the State (Palgrave, 2000) and Governing Complex Societies (Palgrave, 2005). His most recent books include Globalization and Governance (Edward Elgar, 2013) and (with Bengt Jacobsson and Goran Sundstrom) Governing the Embedded State (Oxford University Press, 2015). His work has also appeared in journals like Governance, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Administration and Theory and Journal of European Public Policy.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Politics of the Welfare State (Section Editor: Bo Rothstein)1. Introduction, Bo Rothstein2. Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude trends 1980-2010, Stefan Svallfors3. Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback: The Swedish Welfare State after Eight Years of Center-Right Government, Anders Lindbom4. The Welfare State and Gender Equality, Christina Bergqvist5. The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State, Bo RothsteinSection 2: Constitutional Design (Section Editor: Shirin Ahlback Oberg)6. Introduction, Shirin Ahlback Oberg7. Constitutional History, Olof Petersson8. The Election System, Jorgen Hermansson9. The Parliamentary System, Tommy Moller10. The Public Sector and the Courts, Shirin Ahlback Oberg and Helena WockelbergSection 3: The Party System (Section Editors: Hanna Back and Gissur Erlingsson)11. Introduction, Hanna Back and Gissur O. Erlingsson12. The Party System, Nicholas Aylott13. The Party Organizations, Gissur O. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin Kolln and Patrik Ohberg14. Political Parties and Political Representation, Peter Esaiasson and Lena Wangnerud15. The Parties in Government Formation, Hanna Back and Torbjorn BergmanSection 4: Electoral Behaviour (Section Editors: Soren Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson)16. Introduction, Soren Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson17. Voter Turnout, Richard Ohrvall18. The Never-Ending Story of Class-Voting in Sweden, Maria Oskarson19. Issue Voting Structured by Left-Tight Ideology, Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson and Soren Holmberg20. Swedish Election Campaigns, Jesper StrombackSection 5: Public Administration (Section Editor: Goran Sundstrom)21. Introduction, Goran Sundstrom22. The Swedish Administrative Model, Patrik Hall23. Administrative Reform, Goran Sundstrom24. The Public Servant, Peter Ehn25. Governing the State, Bengt Jacobsson and Goran SundstromSection 6: Subnational Government (Section Editor: Anders Lidstrom)26. Introduction, Anders Lidstrom27. Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils: Actors and Institutions, Stig Montin28. Subnational Government in a Multi-Level Perspective, David Feltenius29. Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden, Lars Niklasson30. Swedish Local and Regional Government in a European Context, Anders LidstromSection 7: Sweden's International Relations (Section Editor: Ole Elgstrom)31. Introduction, Ole Elgstrom32. Swedish Foreign Policy: The Policy of Neutrality and Beyond, Ulf Bjereld and Ulrika Moller33. Sweden in the Baltic Sea Region, Rikard Bengtsson34. Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid, Annika Bergman Rosamond35. A Force for Good? Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism, Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-PriceSection 8: Sweden and the EU (Section Editor: Ulrika Morth)36. Introduction, Ulrika Morth37. Sweden in a Multigovernance Polity, Ulrika Morth38. The Europeanization of the Swedish State, Bengt Jacobsson and Goran Sundstrom39. The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond: On Multiple Roles in Swedish Post-Cold War Foreign Policy, Douglas Brommesson40. Leading the European Union: Sweden's EU Presidencies 2001 and 2009, Malena Rosen SundstromSection 9: The Political Economy of Swedish Governance (Section Editor: Johannes Lindvall)41. Introduction, Johannes Lindvall42. A Model of Welfare Capitalism? Perspectives on the Swedish Model, Then and Now, Jenny Andersson43. One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy, Leif Lewin and Johannes Lindvall44. The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework, Lars Calmfors45. The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations, Torsten SvenssonSection 10: Policy Making in Sweden (Section Editor: Carl Dahlstrom)46. Introduction, Carl Dahlstrom47. Policy Coordination Under Minority and Majority Rule, Torsten Persson48. Rational Politics: Commissions of Inquiry and the Referral System in Sweden, Olof Petersson49. Interest Organizations in the Policy Process: Interest Advocacy and Policy Advice, PerOla Oberg50. Parliamentary Committees: A Ground for Compromise and Conflict, Ingvar Mattson