Parliamentary government in the Nordic countries at a crossroads : coping with challenges from Europeanisation and presi...

Despite their long tradition of stable parliamentary democracy, the Nordic countries have not gone unaffected by the profound changes taking place in Europe. In recent years, some scholars have claimed that executive-legislative relations are undergoing fundamental changes in the Nordic countries and elsewhere. More powers are suggested to be transferred to political executives at the expense of parliaments, while powers inside government cabinets are increasingly concentrated in the hands of prime ministers.

This volume seeks to address these challenges to the Nordic parliamentary systems. Due to the alleged strong reliance on power-sharing in these countries between the executive and the legislature on the one hand, and between the prime minister and his/her cabinet ministers on the other, the Nordic countries should be particularly resistant to such trends. Yet, the authors find that parliamentary government in the Nordic countries appears to be undergoing significant changes. It seems therefore that the Nordic parliamentary systems are now at an important crossroads. The evidence presented in this volume, however, yields a rather mixed picture of where the development is going.

Contributing authors: Hanna Bäck, Flemming Juul Christiansen, Hans Hegeland, Guy-Erik Isaksson, Magnus Isberg, Thomas Larue, Peder Nielsen, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, Thomas Persson, Bjørn Erik Rasch, Tapio Raunio, Hans Petter Saxi, Asbjørn Skjæveland, Kåre Vernby, Lina Westin, Matti Wiberg

Format	Häftad
Omfång	327 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Santérus Förlag
Utgivningsdatum	2011-09-01
Medverkande	Flemming Juul Christiansen
Medverkande	Hans Hegeland
Medverkande	Guy-Erik Isaksson
Medverkande	Magnus Isberg
Medverkande	Thomas Larue
Medverkande	Peder Nielsen
Medverkande	Rasmus Brun Pedersen
Medverkande	Bjørn Erik Rasch
Medverkande	Tapio Raunio
Medverkande	Hans Petter Saxi
Medverkande	Asbjørn Skjæveland
Medverkande	Kåre Vernby
Medverkande	Lina Westin
Medverkande	Thomas Persson
Medverkande	Matti Wiberg
ISBN	9789173350266