Open this publication in new window or tab >>2022 (English)In: Democracy under Pressure: Resilience or Retreat? / [ed] Ursula van Beek, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, p. 343-365Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This chapter traces democracy in Sweden during the past decade and looks at factors that might conceivably make this democracy more vulnerable in the future. It assesses stability and change in Swedish democracy at the level of central institutions and the party system in view of the emergence of the right-wing anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party and the challenges this poses for Swedish political parties in general. In particular, the challenge of remaining representative in the face of competition by parties considered to be anti-democratic and developing workable interaction by crafting new political alliances. The chapter then goes on to assess Swedish democracy in the wider context of globalisation, digitalisation, increasing global inequality and the individualisation of political cultures, factors commonly explaining the backsliding of democracy by asking why Sweden, despite being highly sometimes uniquely exposed to these processes, does not show signs of weakening of its democracy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
Series
Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century, ISSN 2946-3416, E-ISSN 2946-3424
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-212356 (URN)10.1007/978-3-031-09123-0_12 (DOI)2-s2.0-85141412761 (Scopus ID)978-3-031-09122-3 (ISBN)978-3-031-09123-0 (ISBN)
2022-12-062022-12-062023-09-07Bibliographically approved