Previously issued in print: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Politics of the Welfare State / Bo Rothstein -- Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude Trends 1980-2010 / Stefan Svallfors -- The Welfare State and Gender Equality / Christina Bergqvist -- Constitutional History / Olof Petersson -- The Election System / JÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}orgen Hermansson -- The Parliamentary System / Tommy MÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oller -- The Public Sector and the Courts / Shirin AhlbÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ack Ã{u0083}Â{u00A8}Oberg, Helena Wockelberg -- The Party System / Nicholas Aylott -- The Party Organizations / Gissur Ã{u0083}Â{u00A2}O. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin KÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}olln, Patrik Ã{u0083}Â{u00A8}Ohberg -- Political Parties and Political Representation / Peter Esaiasson, Lena WÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}angnerud -- The Parties in Government Formation / Hanna BÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ack, TorbjÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}orn Bergman -- The Never-Ending Story of Class Voting in Sweden / Maria Oskarson -- Issue Voting Structured by Left-Right Ideology / Henrik Oscarsson, SÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oren Holmberg -- Voter turnout / Richard Ã{u0083}Â{u00A8}Ohrvall -- Swedish Election Campaigns / Jesper StrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ombÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ack -- The Swedish Administrative Model / Patrik Hall -- Introduction: Public Administration / GÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oran SundstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- The Public Servant / Peter Ehn -- Governing the State / Bengt Jacobsson, GÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oran SundstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback / Anders LidstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils / Stig Montin -- Subnational Government in a Multilevel Perspective / David Feltenius -- Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden / Lars Niklasson -- Swedish Foreign Policy / Ulf Bjereld, Ulrika MÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oller -- Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid / Annika Bergman Rosamond -- Sweden and the Baltic Sea Region / Rikard Bengtsson -- The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond / Douglas Brommesson -- Leading the European Union / Malena RosÃ{u0083}Â{u00A2}en SundstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- The Europeanization of the Swedish State / Bengt Jacobsson, GÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oran SundstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework / Lars Calmfors -- The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations / Torsten Svensson -- A Model of Welfare Capitalism? / Jenny Andersson -- One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy / Leif Lewin, Johannes Lindvall -- Policy coordination under minority and majority rule / Thomas Persson -- Parliamentary Committees / Ingvar Mattson -- Interest Organizations in the Policy Process / PerOla Ã{u0083}Â{u00A8}Oberg -- Rational Politics / Olof Petersson -- The Moral, Economic, and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State / Bo Rothstein -- Introduction: Constitutional design / Shirin AhlbÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ack Ã{u0083}Â{u00A8}Oberg -- Introduction: The party system / Hanna BÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}ack, Gissur Ã{u0083}Â{u00A2}O. Erlingsson -- Introduction: Electoral behavior / SÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oren Holmberg, Henrik Oscarsson -- #Name? / GÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}oran SundstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- Introduction: Subnational government / Anders LidstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- Introduction: Sweden's international relations / Ole ElgstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om -- introduction: The political economy of Swedish governance / Johannes Lindvall -- Introduction: Sweden and the EU / Ulrika MÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}orth -- Introduction: Policy-Making in Sweden / Carl DahlstrÃ{u0083}Â{u00A8}om.

This handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.

Specialized.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2016).

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