The Madisonian Turn: Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe

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Contents List of Abbreviations vii Acknowledgments ix THEORY AND BACKGROUND 1 ✦ Parliamentary Democracies under Siege? Kaare Strøm and Torbjörn Bergman 3 2 ✦ Nordic Europe in Comparative Perspective Torbjörn Bergman and Kaare Strøm 35 THE FIVE NORDICS 3 ✦ Change and Challenges of Danish Parliamentary Democracy Erik Damgaard 67 4 ✦ Finland Moving in the Opposite Direction Tapio Raunio 112 5 ✦ Iceland Dramatic Shifts Svanur Kristjánsson and Indridi H. Indridason 158 6 ✦ Norway From Hønsvaldian Parliamentarism Back to Madisonian Roots Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm 200 7 ✦ Swedish Democracy Crumbling Political Parties, a Feeble Riksdag, and Technocratic Power Holders? Torbjörn Bergman and Niklas Bolin 251 COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS 8 ✦ Parties and Party Systems in the North Nicholas Aylott 297 9 ✦ East-West Conflict and Europeanization International Effects on Democratic Politics in the Nordic States Cynthia Kite 329 10 ✦ The Nordics Demanding Citizens, Complex Polities Torbjörn Bergman and Kaare Strøm 356 Contributors 389 Name Index 393 Subject Index 399 ...