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Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden - Developments since the 'Golden Age' (Hardcover)
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Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden - Developments since the 'Golden Age' (Hardcover)
Series: Europa Country Perspectives
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Sweden has often been described as a democratic forerunner, with
one of the world's most stable party systems and with a
well-functioning parliamentary system. However, the political
landscape in Sweden has undergone a rapid change in recent years.
The institutions of the political system - not least political
parties - appear from a historical perspective to have become
partly dysfunctional. The previously stable party system has become
unstable. Consequently, it has become more difficult to form
governments, and more difficult for governments to govern. The
famous culture of consensus has been replaced by a harsher and more
confrontational political climate; the tone in political debate has
become more aggressive. During the so-called `golden age' of the
party system, which lasted for a few decades from the middle of the
twentieth century, parties could successfully mobilize broad and
well-defined social interests with strong collective identities.
Now, other conditions apply that have dramatically changed the role
of parties in the democratic process. Parties have gone from being
member-based popular movements to becoming professionalized
voter-orientated campaign machines. Short-sightedness and a focus
on median voters mean that the established parties have become
increasingly similar, and populist parties have had great success
in recent decades as a consequence. This volume, aimed at political
scientists and those interested in discussion and analysis of
Swedish political party dynamics, focuses on political parties in
Sweden, how they have changed and what the changes mean in a wider
sense.
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