Peter Munk Christiansen is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. He is the author of a large number of books, including textbooks, as well as a large number of contributions to edited books and articles in peer reviewed journals. His recent articles have been published in Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, Public Administration, West European Politics, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.Jørgen Elklit is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. His professional interests are elections and electoral systems, political parties, Danish politics, and democratization. He has published widely and also been active as an editor in these areas. Professor Elklit has also been active as an election and democratization expert and advisor since the early 1990s in more than 20 countries, including South Africa, Nepal, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, China, and his native Denmark.Peter Nedergaard is Professor in the department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. He is the author of a large number of books, including textbooks and edited volumes. He has published articles in the journals JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of European Integration, Cooperation & Conflict, German Politics, and Scandinavian Political Studies. He is also the editor of the forthcoming edited volume on Ordoliberalism published by OUP.

It is encouraging to see major publishers still printing carefully edited and curated collections by leading researchers. This thick volume brings about fifty leading Danish social scientists together to cover nearly every aspect of contemporary Danish government and politics.

• 1: Peter Munk Christiansen, Jørgen Elklit, and Peter Nedergaard: Introduction: Why a Book on Danish Politics? Part 1: POLITY 2: Jens Peter Christensen: The Constitution 3: Ulrik Pram Gad: Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Denmark: Unity or Community? 4: Jes Fabricius Møller: The Monarch: Head of State and National Symbol 5: Jørgen Elklit: The Electoral System: Fair and Well-Functioning 6: Kasper Møller Hansen: Electoral Turnouts: Strong Social Norms of Voting 7: Helene Helboe Pedersen: The Parliament (Folketinget) 8: Martin Ejnar Hansen: The Government and the Prime Minister: More Than Primus Inter Pares? 9: Caroline Howard Grøn and Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen: Organizing Central Government: A Pragmatic Meritocracy? 10: Kurt Houlberg and Niels Ejersbo: Municipalities and Regions: Approaching the Limit of Decentralization? 11: Peter Munk Christiansen: Corporatism: Exaggerated Death Rumours? 12: Mette Frisk Jensen and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen: Corruption and Bureaucratic Reforms: 'Getting to Denmark'? 13: Mads Dagnis Jensen and Peter Nedergaard: Coordination for the European Union: A Strong and Stable Institution Part 2: POLITICS 14: Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Karina Kosiara-Pedersen: Party System: Open yet Stable 15: Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Asbjørn Skjæveland: Governments in Action: Consensual Politics and Minority Governments 16: Gitte Sommer Harrits and Rune Stubager: Classes and Politics: A Changing Relationship 17: Peter Thisted Dinesen, Rune Slothuus, and Rune Stubager: Danish Public Opinion: Stability, Change and Polarization 18: Rasmus Mariager and Niels Wium Olesen: The Social Democratic Party: From Exponent of Societal Change to Pragmatic Conservatism 19: Flemming Juul Christiansen: The Liberal Party: From Agrarian and Liberal to Centre-Right Catch-All 20: Karina Kosiara-Pedersen: The Danish People's Party: Centre Oriented Populists? 21: Henrik Bech Seeberg and Ann-Kristin Kölln: The Red-Green Alliance: Is it Red or Green? 22: Kasper Møller Hansen and Rune Stubager: Dynamic Stability: The Anchors of Voting Behaviour 23: Christina Fiig and Birte Siim: Gender and Politics: The Limits of Equality Politics 24: Ulrik Kjær: Local Elections: Localized Voting Within a Nationalized Party System 25: Derek Beach: Referenda in Denmark: Influence on Politics 26: Thomas Olesen: Media and Politics: The Danish Media System in Transformation? 27: Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz: Interest Groups: A Democratic Necessity and a Necessary Evil Part 3: POLICIES 28: Anders Wivel: In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State 29: Henrik Larsen: Foreign Policy: New Directions in a Changing World Order? 30: Mads Dagnis Jensen and Peter Nedergaard: Danish European Union Policies: Sailing Between Economic Benefits and Political Sovereignty 31: Anne Mette Kjær: Development Policy: From Consensus to Contention? 32: Torben M. Andersen: Economic Policy: From Disequilibrium to Flexicurity 33: Klaus Petersen: Welfare State Policies: From the Beginning towards an End? 34: Laust Høgedahl: The Danish Labour Market Model: Is the Bumblebee Still Flying? 35: Susanne Wiborg: Education Policy: Power, Conflict, and Cooperation 36: Lars Thorup Larsen: Health Policy: The Submerged Politics of Free and Equal Access  37: Kristina Bakkær Simonsen: Immigration and Immigrant Integration Policy: Public Opinion or Party Politics? 38: Carsten Daugbjerg, Peder Andersen, Henning Otto Hansen, and Brian H. Jacobsen: Agricultural and Fisheries Policy: Towards Market Liberalism 39: Peter Birch Sørensen: Environmental, Energy, and Climate Policy: From Energy Supply to Climate Gasses 40: Kaare Aagaard and Niels Mejlgaard: Research Policy: The Strength of Transformation 41: Peter Munk Christiansen, Jørgen Elklit, and Peter Nedergaard: Polity, Politics, and Policies: A Reconsideration

Peter Munk Christiansen is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. He is the author of a large number of books, including textbooks, as well as a large number of contributions to edited books and articles in peer reviewed journals. His recent articles have been published in Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, Public Administration, West European Politics, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.Jørgen Elklit is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. His professional interests are elections and electoral systems, political parties, Danish politics, and democratization. He has published widely and also been active as an editor in these areas. Professor Elklit has also been active as an election and democratization expert and advisor since the early 1990s in more than 20 countries, including South Africa, Nepal, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, China, and his native Denmark.Peter Nedergaard is Professor in the department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. He is the author of a large number of books, including textbooks and edited volumes. He has published articles in the journals JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of European Integration, Cooperation & Conflict, German Politics, and Scandinavian Political Studies. He is also the editor of the forthcoming edited volume on Ordoliberalism published by OUP.

It is encouraging to see major publishers still printing carefully edited and curated collections by leading researchers. This thick volume brings about fifty leading Danish social scientists together to cover nearly every aspect of contemporary Danish government and politics.

• 1: Peter Munk Christiansen, Jørgen Elklit, and Peter Nedergaard: Introduction: Why a Book on Danish Politics? Part 1: POLITY 2: Jens Peter Christensen: The Constitution 3: Ulrik Pram Gad: Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Denmark: Unity or Community? 4: Jes Fabricius Møller: The Monarch: Head of State and National Symbol 5: Jørgen Elklit: The Electoral System: Fair and Well-Functioning 6: Kasper Møller Hansen: Electoral Turnouts: Strong Social Norms of Voting 7: Helene Helboe Pedersen: The Parliament (Folketinget) 8: Martin Ejnar Hansen: The Government and the Prime Minister: More Than Primus Inter Pares? 9: Caroline Howard Grøn and Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen: Organizing Central Government: A Pragmatic Meritocracy? 10: Kurt Houlberg and Niels Ejersbo: Municipalities and Regions: Approaching the Limit of Decentralization? 11: Peter Munk Christiansen: Corporatism: Exaggerated Death Rumours? 12: Mette Frisk Jensen and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen: Corruption and Bureaucratic Reforms: 'Getting to Denmark'? 13: Mads Dagnis Jensen and Peter Nedergaard: Coordination for the European Union: A Strong and Stable Institution Part 2: POLITICS 14: Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Karina Kosiara-Pedersen: Party System: Open yet Stable 15: Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Asbjørn Skjæveland: Governments in Action: Consensual Politics and Minority Governments 16: Gitte Sommer Harrits and Rune Stubager: Classes and Politics: A Changing Relationship 17: Peter Thisted Dinesen, Rune Slothuus, and Rune Stubager: Danish Public Opinion: Stability, Change and Polarization 18: Rasmus Mariager and Niels Wium Olesen: The Social Democratic Party: From Exponent of Societal Change to Pragmatic Conservatism 19: Flemming Juul Christiansen: The Liberal Party: From Agrarian and Liberal to Centre-Right Catch-All 20: Karina Kosiara-Pedersen: The Danish People's Party: Centre Oriented Populists? 21: Henrik Bech Seeberg and Ann-Kristin Kölln: The Red-Green Alliance: Is it Red or Green? 22: Kasper Møller Hansen and Rune Stubager: Dynamic Stability: The Anchors of Voting Behaviour 23: Christina Fiig and Birte Siim: Gender and Politics: The Limits of Equality Politics 24: Ulrik Kjær: Local Elections: Localized Voting Within a Nationalized Party System 25: Derek Beach: Referenda in Denmark: Influence on Politics 26: Thomas Olesen: Media and Politics: The Danish Media System in Transformation? 27: Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz: Interest Groups: A Democratic Necessity and a Necessary Evil Part 3: POLICIES 28: Anders Wivel: In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State 29: Henrik Larsen: Foreign Policy: New Directions in a Changing World Order? 30: Mads Dagnis Jensen and Peter Nedergaard: Danish European Union Policies: Sailing Between Economic Benefits and Political Sovereignty 31: Anne Mette Kjær: Development Policy: From Consensus to Contention? 32: Torben M. Andersen: Economic Policy: From Disequilibrium to Flexicurity 33: Klaus Petersen: Welfare State Policies: From the Beginning towards an End? 34: Laust Høgedahl: The Danish Labour Market Model: Is the Bumblebee Still Flying? 35: Susanne Wiborg: Education Policy: Power, Conflict, and Cooperation 36: Lars Thorup Larsen: Health Policy: The Submerged Politics of Free and Equal Access  37: Kristina Bakkær Simonsen: Immigration and Immigrant Integration Policy: Public Opinion or Party Politics? 38: Carsten Daugbjerg, Peder Andersen, Henning Otto Hansen, and Brian H. Jacobsen: Agricultural and Fisheries Policy: Towards Market Liberalism 39: Peter Birch Sørensen: Environmental, Energy, and Climate Policy: From Energy Supply to Climate Gasses 40: Kaare Aagaard and Niels Mejlgaard: Research Policy: The Strength of Transformation 41: Peter Munk Christiansen, Jørgen Elklit, and Peter Nedergaard: Polity, Politics, and Policies: A Reconsideration