Scandinavian Politics Today

Part 1 Scandinavia - past and present: the eight wings of the swan - the geo-politics of the Nordic region nation-building and state-building in the Nordic region, 1809-1944 beyond - why 5+3 and not 2+6 or indeed 8?. Part 2 The Scandinavian party system in developmental perspective: the emergence of the Scandinavian party systems(s) - a basic 2+3 configuration? the historic strengths of the five main party types in the Nordic region - the whys and the wherefores. Part 3 Parties, voters and social change - w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?: "earthquake elections" asnd new parties - the "unfreezing" of the Scandinavian party systems party system change in Scandinavian since 1970 - "restricted change" or "general change"?. Part 4 A (the) Nordic model?: a Nordic model of government - myth or reality? the Nordic welfare model - a case of "paradise lost"?. Part 5 legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region: a distinctively " Scandinavian form of parliamentarism"? the dual executive in Iceland and Finland - "semi-presidential government" in more than name?. Part 6 The Nordic states in their strategic external environment: the origins of the post-war security configuration in Northern Europe security and co-operation in the Nordic region 1949-91 the Nordic states in the New Europe - still "reluctant Europeans"? the Nordic states on the eve of the new millennium.