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In the early 1970s the Swedish parties designed new rules for government formation. In this study it is shown that the choice of a new voting rule stemmed from a combination of goaloriented behaviour and a process of socialization. In a cross national comparison, it is also shown that there exists an empirical correlation between the Swedish type of rule and (1) a high frequency of minority governments, (2) a high frequency of small minority governments and (3) a short government formation process. From the perspective of coalition formation theory, this is a challenging finding.

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1993.tb00042.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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The article discusses the main results of a study of the power structure of Finnish society. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether Finland is controlled by one closed, cohesive and unanimous power elite, by several rival elites, or whether, instead, the power structure is so decentralized that there is no justification for referring to a power elite in the first place. The working hypothesis was that Finnish society is controlled by one power elite. The study was based on a positional approach, using a survey questionnaire to collect data both from members of the power elite and from the population at large. The main conclusion of the study is that, with certain reservations, it is legitimate to speak of a fairly cohesive and unanimous, single power elite in Finland. Interaction among elite groups is close, and their attitudes are similar. In terms of recruitment patterns the Finnish power elite is fairly closed: the top social stratum is clearly overrepresented and the lowest underrepresented. On the other hand, no single stratum has a dominant position in the power elite.

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1993.tb00043.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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This article examines initiatives for organizational reform in Swedish local government. The analysis investigates these initiatives in the context of reform efforts found in many modern democracies, with particular reference to the development of “new managerialism”. An empirical analysis of local government reform decisions is presented in order to determine the principal objectives and direction of reform initiatives. The analysis reveals that management objectives are emphasized most, followed by economic objectives and then public interest objectives. The implications of these findings for future developments in Swedish local government are discus

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1993.tb00044.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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This article examines the conditions that appear to have influenced political preferences of Poles during the presidential election in November 1990. The first section offers a short introduction to the political and economic situation of Poland after the rise to power of Solidarity. A short presentation of the main candidates, Walesa, Mazowiecki and Tyminski, and their political profiles is also provided here. Then results from a survey conducted one week before the first round of the presidential elections are presented and discussed. It is concluded that there were some systematic differences in socio‐economic status and values of the supporters of the main candidates. Specific features of Mazowiecki's electorate were: high social position, high level of education and high income. Typical values for this group were political and economic liberalism. Characteristic of Walesa's electorate were a low level of education, higher age, and an occupation as a small businessman. Conservative Catholic morality, anti‐Semitism and pro‐market attitudes were overrepresented among Walesa's supporters. Tyminski's supporters, finally, were disproportionately working class and young persons. His electorate was anti‐liberal in both the political and the economic meaning of the word. His supporters were often opponents of traditional Catholic m

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1993.tb00045.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Peter Gundelach/Karen Siune (eds.)Anna JonasdottirSven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen&Frank Longstreth (eds.)

ISSN:0080-6757    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1993.tb00046.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY