Models of Democracy in Nordic and Baltic Europe (eBook, ePUB)

Political Institutions and Discourse
Redaktion: Aylott, Nicholas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the ways in which representative democracy works in two neighbouring collections of European states: the Nordic (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and the Baltic (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Starting from a Nordic vantage point, contributors explore the extent to which aspects of politics function similarly or dissimilarly across the two groups of democratic states, acknowledging the differences in models of democracy that occur within each group. Authors explore the possibility that some of the apparently successful institutional features of Nordic politics have somehow influenced politics in the Baltic states, despite the considerable contextual differences between the two groups. The Nordic-Baltic comparison is particularly worthy of study, given the comparative stability of the Nordic democracies and the half century of occupation by a totalitarian dictatorship that the Baltic states endured. The central, guiding questions are: how does political representation work in countries that have a lot in common, but also a few significant contextual dissimilarities; and what, if any, relationships between the respective styles of democracy can be identified? Using a variety of theories, perspectives and methods, the empirical studies that populate the book seek to offer reflections on these questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317094807
• Artikelnr.: 49352329

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Aylott is senior lecturer in political science at Södertörn University, Sweden. His main academic interest is in comparative European politics, with a special focus on political parties. He is the author and co-author of various books and articles, often with a focus on Nordic party politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: A Nordic model of democracy? Political representation in Northern
Europe, Nicholas Aylott; Between flawed and full democracy: twenty years of
Baltic independence, Kjetil Duvold; The emergence of Conservative parties
in the Baltic States: new parties, party entrepreneurs and transnational
influence, Karl Magnus Johansson; Ever more inclusive? Candidate selection
in North European democracies, Nicholas Aylott, JÄnis Ikstens and Emelie
Lilliefeldt; The diffusion of party positions: policy positions moving from
the Nordic to the Baltic States, Detlef Jahn; The Nordic model and Estonian
political discourse, Kadri Simm and Kÿlliki Seppel; Conclusions: towards a
new North European democracy?, Nicholas Aylott; Index.