Problems in Paradise?

Changes and Challenges to Swedish Democracy

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2024
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83753-509-5 (ISBN)

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Just 25 years ago, Europe was engaged in a process of democratization and integration. The EU, with an expanded number of member-states, became a symbol of a democratic, peaceful and prosperous Union. However, recent years have seen the reversal of democratization in many of the countries that went through political transition in the 1990s. Even in established democracies, growing authoritarian tendencies have been apparent in the rise of populism and political polarisation and questions over the rule of law.

Focusing on threats to Swedish liberal democracy in a time of autocratization to explore wider crises democracy is currently facing around the globe, Problems in Paradise? explores eight interactive sub-societies crucial for a dynamic and persistent liberal democracy: the political, the judicial, the bureaucratic, the economic, the educational, the media, the civil, and the international.

Fully embracing the wide range of challenges liberal democracy has faced in recent years, this book offers a deepened understanding of contemporary changes and challenges to liberal democracy.

Daniel Silander is Associate Professor of Political Science and Research Leader of European Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden, as well as Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, South Africa. He is also Project Leader of the Linnaeus Palme collaboration between Linnaeus University and North-West University. His main areas of interest are in international security and democratization.

Chapter 1. Swedish Democracy: Problems in Paradise?; Daniel Silander

Chapter 2. The Politics of Swedish Democracy: A Historical Perspective; Martin Nilsson and KGame Molope

Chapter 3. Political Society: Checks and Balances, Cultural Polarization and Doubts About Liberal Democracy; Martin Nilsson

Chapter 4. The Bureaucratic Society: Public Governance and Its Challenges; Staffan Andersson and Helena Ekelund

Chapter 5. The Judicial Society - Realities and Challenges in a Liberal Democracy; Pieter Heydenrych

Chapter 6. The Economic Society: Contemporary Risk Factors in the Swedish Political Landscape; Herman van der Elst and Ilse Rieder

Chapter 7. Civil Society: A Strong Societal Force for Democracy; Daniel Silander

Chapter 8. Educational Society: Challenges of Marketization and Increasing Between-School Variation in Student Performance; Charlotte Silander

Chapter 9. Media Society: Living up to Democratic Ideals in an Evolving Media Landscape; Emma Ricknell

Chapter 10. The International Society: Sweden and Europe in a World of Autocratization; Daniel Silander

Chapter 11. Autocratization, Democratization and Swedish Democracy; Daniel Silander

Erscheinungsdatum	12.01.2024
Verlagsort	Bingley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-83753-509-4 / 1837535094
ISBN-13	978-1-83753-509-5 / 9781837535095
Zustand	Neuware