Politics as organised combat – New players and new rules of the game in Sweden |
| |
Authors: | Stefan Svallfors |
| |
Institution: | 1. Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden;2. School of Social Sciences, S?dert?rn University, Swedenstefan.svallfors@sh.se |
| |
Abstract: | In this paper, Sweden is used as an example of how organised politics has changed quite dramatically in the last couple of decades. The paper argues that there are a number of points that has recently changed Swedish organised politics in rather fundamental ways. These changes entail a new actor constellation in Swedish politics and policy-making, decreased visibility of political processes and the emergence of a strong feedback loop between inequality, participation and public policies. What this amounts to is a very different form of elite-driven policy-making than the old corporatist structures. An amorphous and quite invisible but still highly elite-driven process has emerged, in which inequality has increased dramatically, and the impact of money on politics has become stronger even in Sweden. |
| |
Keywords: | Power Sweden winner-take-all inequality policy making organization |
|
|