Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian or Mixed

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This book is about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies. It breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as 'consensus model democracies'. The book poses three main questions. First, what are the distinctive features of the five Scandinavian political systems when compared with the Westminster model of democracy Next, how well does the evidence from recent commissions suggest that Scandinavian democracy is working in practice Finally, is Scandinavian democracy consensual, majoritarian or mixed The nature of legislative-executive relations is explored, with a particular focus on the role of the parliamentary opposition and its involvement in policy-making. The central conclusion is that all the Nordic states are majoritarian democracies, albeit with varying amounts of consensual legislative behaviour. -- .

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David Arter holds the First Chair of Politics at the University of Aberdeen