1st Edition
Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden: Developments since the ‘Golden Age’
1. What is really happening with political parties? Sweden as a critical case for testing the decline thesis
2. The Swedish party system
3. The problem of aggregation
4. Transport companies?
5. Realization of the will of the people
6. Power above all?
7. Campaign machines
8. Politics from above comes from below: democratic implications of the parties' professionalized campaign methods
9. The future of political parties and democracy
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tommy Möller is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. He has previously taught at the Department of Government at Uppsala University and has been engaged as an expert in various government committees. In his research, in addition to his interest in political parties, he has focused especially on political history, political leadership and constitutional politics. Möller is a well-known expert commentator on Swedish domestic politics in the Swedish media.
