Åsa von Schoultz – författare

Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de uppbyggda och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? Det är några av de många frågor som behandlas i denna introduktion till komparativ politik. Här presenteras grundläggande begrepp och metoder, och jämförelser görs mellan centrala institutioner som parlament, regeringar och statsformer, liksom mellan aktörsgrupper som politiska partier, intressegrupper och medier. Därtill diskuteras former för jämförande analys av medborgares politiska värderingar och beteende.Syftet med boken är att ge läsaren en förståelse för hur politiska system är uppbyggda och fungerar samt hur dessa system varierar världen över. I denna tredje upplaga har de globala översikterna uppdaterats, samt nya forskningsresultat och aktuella utvecklingstrender beaktats.Komparativ politik riktar sig till studenter i statsvetenskap. Boken ger tillsammans med Komparativ politik: Elva politiska system (Studentlitteratur 2022) en fördjupad förståelse för komparativ politik utifrån teoretiska och empiriska perspektiv.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Finnish electoral democracy, expertly detailing both its typical representation of a stable European party democracy and its particularities such as a personalized electoral system, a fragmented party system with tradition of grand government coalitions and its sensitive geopolitical location.Using the Finnish National Election Study as a basis, it analyses how voters act and react in an electoral democracy characterized by a high degree of competition between and within parties, yet a democracy in which the possibility for voters to hold governments accountable for their actions is weak, leading to interesting tensions within the system and influences on how voters relate to and engage in politics. This book not only describes these patterns but also provides the reader with thorough explanations and interpretations from a team of expert contributors.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Finnish politics, Nordic/Scandinavian politics and studies, political behaviour, electoral studies, public opinion and more broadly to comparative politics and democracy.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution‑Non Commercial‑No Derivatives (CC‑BY‑NC‑ND) 4.0 license.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Finnish electoral democracy, expertly detailing both its typical representation of a stable European party democracy and its particularities such as a personalized electoral system, a fragmented party system with tradition of grand government coalitions and its sensitive geopolitical location.Using the Finnish National Election Study as a basis, it analyses how voters act and react in an electoral democracy characterized by a high degree of competition between and within parties, yet a democracy in which the possibility for voters to hold governments accountable for their actions is weak, leading to interesting tensions within the system and influences on how voters relate to and engage in politics. This book not only describes these patterns but also provides the reader with thorough explanations and interpretations from a team of expert contributors.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Finnish politics, Nordic/Scandinavian politics and studies, political behaviour, electoral studies, public opinion and more broadly to comparative politics and democracy.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution‑Non Commercial‑No Derivatives (CC‑BY‑NC‑ND) 4.0 license.