Scandinavian Politics Today Book

List of tables
• List of abbreviations
• Preface
• Part I: Scandinavia past and present
• The eight wings of the swan
• Nation-building and state-building, 1809–1944
• Part II: Parties in development perspective * The emergence of the Scandinavisn party system(s) * The historic strengths of the five main types of party
• Part III: Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?
• ‘Earthquake elections’ of 1970-73 and the Emergence of New Party Types
• Party system change since 1970
• Part IV: The Nordic model
• A Nordic model of government? * The Nordic welfare model
• Part V: Legislative–executive relations in the Nordic region * The Nordic Parliaments: An Alternative Model?
• ‘Fairly Strong Standing Committees’ and ‘Influential Party Groups’ – a Distinctively Nordic Mix? * Nordic Government(s): Parliamentary, Presidential or Prime Ministerial?
• Part VI: The strategic security environment
• The Changing Security Environment of the Nordic Region: From Cold War ‘Security Threats’ to the ‘Security Challenges’ of Today * ‘Reluctant Nordics’, ‘Reluctant Europeans’, but ‘Moral Superpowers’? * Index