Problems in Paradise?
eBook - ePub

Problems in Paradise?

Changes and Challenges to Swedish Democracy

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Problems in Paradise?

Changes and Challenges to Swedish Democracy

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. About the Editor
  6. About the Contributors
  7. Chapter 1 Swedish Democracy: Problems in Paradise
  8. Chapter 2 The Politics of Swedish Democracy: A Historical Perspective
  9. Chapter 3 The Political Society: Checks and Balances, Cultural Polarization, and Doubts About Liberal Democracy
  10. Chapter 4 The Bureaucratic Society: Public Governance and Its Challenges
  11. Chapter 5 The Judicial Society: Realities and Challenges in a Liberal Democracy
  12. Chapter 6 The Economic Society: Contemporary Risk Factors in the Swedish Political Landscape
  13. Chapter 7 The Civil Society: A Strong Societal Force for Democracy
  14. Chapter 8 The Educational Society: Challenges of Marketization and Increasing Between-School Variation in Student Performance
  15. Chapter 9 The Media Society: Living Up to Democratic Ideals in an Evolving Media Landscape
  16. Chapter 10 The International Society: Sweden and Europe in a World of Autocratization
  17. Chapter 11 Autocratization, Democratization, and Swedish Democracy
  18. Index