02856nam 2200685 a 450 991096028270332120200520144314.0978184779493218477949399781847792020184779202210.7765/9781847792020(CKB)2670000000276706(EBL)1069465(OCoLC)818847123(SSID)ssj0000800000(PQKBManifestationID)12383008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000800000(PQKBWorkID)10766300(PQKB)10623621(Au-PeEL)EBL1069465(CaPaEBR)ebr10623407(OCoLC)1273306299(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78511(MiAaPQ)EBC1069465(DE-B1597)660282(DE-B1597)9781847792020(Perlego)1526247(EXLCZ)99267000000027670620121205d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrScandinavian politics today /David Arter2nd ed.Manchester Manchester University Press20081 online resource (368 p.)Politics todayDescription based upon print version of record.9780719078538 0719078539 9780719051326 0719051320 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: Scandinavia past and present -- Part II: Parties in developmental perspective -- Part III: Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model? -- Part IV: The Nordic model -- Part V: Legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region -- Part VI: The strategic security environment.This volume represents a study of contemporary politics and policy making in the five nation-states and three home rules territories of the Nordic region. Written by an expert in the field, its approach is systematically thematic and comparative. Chapters deal with current political science issues such as nation-building and state-building, as well as addressing intrinsically important regional questions such as whether or not there is a Nordic model of government, a distinctively Scandinavian form of parliamentarism and a superior welfare system. There is also detailed discussion of the NordicPolitics today (Manchester, England)ScandinaviaPolitics and government1945-ScandinaviaForeign relations320.948Arter David1808862MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960282703321Scandinavian politics today4359340UNINA