Scandinavian Politics Today

Fourteen chapters discuss Scandinavia past and present; parties in development perspective; parties, voters, and social change; the Nordic model; legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region; and the strategic security environment. The approach is systematically thematic and comparative, covering topics such as nation and state building, party system change, semi-presidentialism, the post- corporate state, globalization, and international relations. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)