Marie Demker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1243489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie Demker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Demker |
| SIGNATURE | DEMKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
France and Algeria: Ideas of the nation in the French political elite discourse 1954–1956
Freedom of Religion for Immigrants in Sweden: An Ambiguous Support
Religious freedom is guaranteed in the Swedish constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. However, this article argues that the issue of religious freedom has become a subject for conflict in the public debate, in party politics and thereby for voters in Sweden. Both media and political parties have used populist rhetoric in debates discussing religious freedom in the case of immigrants. This article builds on SOM survey data and d…
From governmental success to governmental breakdown: How a new dimension of conflict tore apart the politics of migration of the Swedish centre-right
The 2018 election made it clear the Swedish politics of migration no longer was an outlier in comparative European perspective. In this contribution, we analyse some of the reasons behind this development, which trace back a decade earlier We focus on the troubled relationship the centre-right has had with the issue of immigration and draw attention to two critical junctures in order to explain it. First, the entry of a populist radical party to …
The decline of Western European social democracy: Exploring the transformed link between welfare state generosity and the electoral strength of social democratic parties, 1975–2014
Social democratic parties are crumbling at the polls. Surprisingly, however, the causes of this demise remain largely unexplored. This article contributes to filling this gap in the research by studying the long-term impact of welfare state generosity on the vote share of social democratic parties in 16 Western European democracies. If the welfare state indeed was a key factor behind social democratic growth in the past, we ask whether the recent…
Converted by un confit de canard: Political Thinking in the Novel Soumission by Michel Houellebecq
From a certain perspective, literature is always political. Literature in a broad sense has been a source of uprisings and protest at least since Martin Luther nailed his theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg in 1517 – and probably much further back in history than that. Narratives are the most potent way to articulate both political praise and criticism within a given society. In his political satires, British author George Orwell revil…
Media and the power of naming: An experimental study of racist, xenophobic and nationalist party labels
Racism has been widely discredited in past decades, and opinions that are perceived to be in conflict with the anti-racist norm are considered improper. Therefore, the anti-racist norm arguably represents an obstacle for anti-immigration parties. They must ensure that their criticism is not perceived as racism since that threatens to delegitimize the party and thereby undermine its possibilities for electoral success. The idea of the study is tha…
Religious Liberty in Democracy: Between Individual Tolerance and Democratic Inclusion
Room for Realignment: The Working-Class Sympathy for Sweden Democrats
How is it that the Swedish populist nationalist party the Sweden Democrats receives its strongest support from the established working class, in spite of the high degree of class voting and left–right mobilization which is known to characterize Swedish politics? Based on surveys from the SOM (Society, Opinion, Media) Institute as well as the Swedish National Elections Studies, this article shows that this is not a result of increasing anti-immigr…
Sailing Along New Cleavages: Understanding the Electoral Success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament Election 2009
In the Swedish European Parliamentary Election in 2009 the Swedish Pirate Party took two seats in the parliament and 7.1 per cent of the Swedish voters’ support. The party was absolutely new and the usual concept of populist parties does not seem to fit the Pirate movement very well. It is anti-authoritarian and aims to enhance civic liberties for youngsters, to give open access to culture through the internet and to improve personal integrity an…
Realigning criminal policy. Offender and victim in the Swedish party system over time
The article conducts a case study of criminal policy in the Swedish party system between 1960 and the present. Like other countries, Sweden has witnessed its criminal policy take a ‘punitive turn’ during this time. We hypothesize that this turn is explained by the fact that the discourse on crime has become increasingly victim-centred. Our study of the changes in the parties’ policies suggests that the parties play a central role in this explanat…
Fear and punishment in Sweden: Exploring penal attitudes
Sweden is often portrayed as a hold out from `penal populism', with a comparatively non-punitive population that prefers preventive and non-custodial sanctions to imprisonment. But while the Swedish public is still less punitive than many others, there is evidence that it has become more punitive, and less content with Swedish penal practice, over time. Trying to add to the understanding of the causes of toughening penal attitudes, we proceed to …
Essor et déclin du modèle nordique à cinq partis
L’idée d’un modèle à cinq partis est basée sur le travail séminal de Lipset et de Rokkan qui ont proposé l’« hypothèse du gel ». Selon eux les clivages sociaux, dès les années 1920 lorsque la démocratie parlementaire a été introduite, ont produit un système de partis qui a été gelé pendant plusieurs décennies. Dans les pays nordiques cette situation a donné lieu à un système à cinq partis. Les systèmes nordiques de partis sont confrontés à l’acti…
Foreign Policy as Battlefield: A Study of National Interest and Party Motives
In no other policy arena are party unity and national unity considered as critical as in security and foreign policy. Party unity on foreign policy is viewed as a national security strategy of particular importance in times of international crisis and uncertainty, or as an expression of party strategy and ideological considerations. Through an empirical study of programs, congresses, voters and ideology of the Swedish parties 1945–1993, we show t…
A Magic Moment in Swedish Foreign Policy: Voting `YES' to Algerian Self-determination in 1959
In the middle of the Algerian-French war, in December 1959, Sweden suddenly voted `yes' in the UN General Assembly to Algerian self-determination. This was a clear change in Swedish foreign policy. The empirical question in this article is thus: Could this change be sufficiently understood as the result of a learning process? Through a specified set of conditions and an empirical test of these conditions using the Algerian case, the theoretical a…
Changing Party Ideology: Gaullist Parties Facing Voters, Leaders and Competitors
What are the conditions for a change in party ideology? Earlier research has pointed at changing electoral opinions, variations in the party elite and organization as well as at the party system and electoral system as such. Which of these factors are the most important for initiating party ideology change? This is the theoretical question addressed in this article. Through a qualitative ideological analysis of Gaullist party documents since 1947…
Room for Realignment: The Working-Class Sympathy for Sweden Democrats
How is it that the Swedish populist nationalist party the Sweden Democrats receives its strongest support from the established working class, in spite of the high degree of class voting and left–right mobilization which is known to characterize Swedish politics? Based on surveys from the SOM (Society, Opinion, Media) Institute as well as the Swedish National Elections Studies, this article shows that this is not a result of increasing anti-immigr…
The decline of Western European social democracy: Exploring the transformed link between welfare state generosity and the electoral strength of social democratic parties, 1975–2014
Social democratic parties are crumbling at the polls. Surprisingly, however, the causes of this demise remain largely unexplored. This article contributes to filling this gap in the research by studying the long-term impact of welfare state generosity on the vote share of social democratic parties in 16 Western European democracies. If the welfare state indeed was a key factor behind social democratic growth in the past, we ask whether the recent…
Sailing Along New Cleavages: Understanding the Electoral Success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament Election 2009
In the Swedish European Parliamentary Election in 2009 the Swedish Pirate Party took two seats in the parliament and 7.1 per cent of the Swedish voters’ support. The party was absolutely new and the usual concept of populist parties does not seem to fit the Pirate movement very well. It is anti-authoritarian and aims to enhance civic liberties for youngsters, to give open access to culture through the internet and to improve personal integrity an…
Foreign Policy as Battlefield: A Study of National Interest and Party Motives
In no other policy arena are party unity and national unity considered as critical as in security and foreign policy. Party unity on foreign policy is viewed as a national security strategy of particular importance in times of international crisis and uncertainty, or as an expression of party strategy and ideological considerations. Through an empirical study of programs, congresses, voters and ideology of the Swedish parties 1945–1993, we show t…
From governmental success to governmental breakdown: How a new dimension of conflict tore apart the politics of migration of the Swedish centre-right
The 2018 election made it clear the Swedish politics of migration no longer was an outlier in comparative European perspective. In this contribution, we analyse some of the reasons behind this development, which trace back a decade earlier We focus on the troubled relationship the centre-right has had with the issue of immigration and draw attention to two critical junctures in order to explain it. First, the entry of a populist radical party to …
Changing Party Ideology: Gaullist Parties Facing Voters, Leaders and Competitors
What are the conditions for a change in party ideology? Earlier research has pointed at changing electoral opinions, variations in the party elite and organization as well as at the party system and electoral system as such. Which of these factors are the most important for initiating party ideology change? This is the theoretical question addressed in this article. Through a qualitative ideological analysis of Gaullist party documents since 1947…
Realigning criminal policy. Offender and victim in the Swedish party system over time
The article conducts a case study of criminal policy in the Swedish party system between 1960 and the present. Like other countries, Sweden has witnessed its criminal policy take a ‘punitive turn’ during this time. We hypothesize that this turn is explained by the fact that the discourse on crime has become increasingly victim-centred. Our study of the changes in the parties’ policies suggests that the parties play a central role in this explanat…
Fear and punishment in Sweden: Exploring penal attitudes
Sweden is often portrayed as a hold out from `penal populism', with a comparatively non-punitive population that prefers preventive and non-custodial sanctions to imprisonment. But while the Swedish public is still less punitive than many others, there is evidence that it has become more punitive, and less content with Swedish penal practice, over time. Trying to add to the understanding of the causes of toughening penal attitudes, we proceed to …
A Magic Moment in Swedish Foreign Policy: Voting `YES' to Algerian Self-determination in 1959
In the middle of the Algerian-French war, in December 1959, Sweden suddenly voted `yes' in the UN General Assembly to Algerian self-determination. This was a clear change in Swedish foreign policy. The empirical question in this article is thus: Could this change be sufficiently understood as the result of a learning process? Through a specified set of conditions and an empirical test of these conditions using the Algerian case, the theoretical a…
Media and the power of naming: An experimental study of racist, xenophobic and nationalist party labels
Racism has been widely discredited in past decades, and opinions that are perceived to be in conflict with the anti-racist norm are considered improper. Therefore, the anti-racist norm arguably represents an obstacle for anti-immigration parties. They must ensure that their criticism is not perceived as racism since that threatens to delegitimize the party and thereby undermine its possibilities for electoral success. The idea of the study is tha…
Essor et déclin du modèle nordique à cinq partis
L’idée d’un modèle à cinq partis est basée sur le travail séminal de Lipset et de Rokkan qui ont proposé l’« hypothèse du gel ». Selon eux les clivages sociaux, dès les années 1920 lorsque la démocratie parlementaire a été introduite, ont produit un système de partis qui a été gelé pendant plusieurs décennies. Dans les pays nordiques cette situation a donné lieu à un système à cinq partis. Les systèmes nordiques de partis sont confrontés à l’acti…
Changing Party Ideology: Gaullist Parties Facing Voters, Leaders and Competitors
What are the conditions for a change in party ideology? Earlier research has pointed at changing electoral opinions, variations in the party elite and organization as well as at the party system and electoral system as such. Which of these factors are the most important for initiating party ideology change? This is the theoretical question addressed in this article. Through a qualitative ideological analysis of Gaullist party documents since 1947…
A Magic Moment in Swedish Foreign Policy: Voting `YES' to Algerian Self-determination in 1959
In the middle of the Algerian-French war, in December 1959, Sweden suddenly voted `yes' in the UN General Assembly to Algerian self-determination. This was a clear change in Swedish foreign policy. The empirical question in this article is thus: Could this change be sufficiently understood as the result of a learning process? Through a specified set of conditions and an empirical test of these conditions using the Algerian case, the theoretical a…
Foreign Policy as Battlefield: A Study of National Interest and Party Motives
In no other policy arena are party unity and national unity considered as critical as in security and foreign policy. Party unity on foreign policy is viewed as a national security strategy of particular importance in times of international crisis and uncertainty, or as an expression of party strategy and ideological considerations. Through an empirical study of programs, congresses, voters and ideology of the Swedish parties 1945–1993, we show t…
Essor et déclin du modèle nordique à cinq partis
L’idée d’un modèle à cinq partis est basée sur le travail séminal de Lipset et de Rokkan qui ont proposé l’« hypothèse du gel ». Selon eux les clivages sociaux, dès les années 1920 lorsque la démocratie parlementaire a été introduite, ont produit un système de partis qui a été gelé pendant plusieurs décennies. Dans les pays nordiques cette situation a donné lieu à un système à cinq partis. Les systèmes nordiques de partis sont confrontés à l’acti…
Fear and punishment in Sweden: Exploring penal attitudes
Sweden is often portrayed as a hold out from `penal populism', with a comparatively non-punitive population that prefers preventive and non-custodial sanctions to imprisonment. But while the Swedish public is still less punitive than many others, there is evidence that it has become more punitive, and less content with Swedish penal practice, over time. Trying to add to the understanding of the causes of toughening penal attitudes, we proceed to …
Realigning criminal policy. Offender and victim in the Swedish party system over time
The article conducts a case study of criminal policy in the Swedish party system between 1960 and the present. Like other countries, Sweden has witnessed its criminal policy take a ‘punitive turn’ during this time. We hypothesize that this turn is explained by the fact that the discourse on crime has become increasingly victim-centred. Our study of the changes in the parties’ policies suggests that the parties play a central role in this explanat…
Sailing Along New Cleavages: Understanding the Electoral Success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament Election 2009
In the Swedish European Parliamentary Election in 2009 the Swedish Pirate Party took two seats in the parliament and 7.1 per cent of the Swedish voters’ support. The party was absolutely new and the usual concept of populist parties does not seem to fit the Pirate movement very well. It is anti-authoritarian and aims to enhance civic liberties for youngsters, to give open access to culture through the internet and to improve personal integrity an…
Room for Realignment: The Working-Class Sympathy for Sweden Democrats
How is it that the Swedish populist nationalist party the Sweden Democrats receives its strongest support from the established working class, in spite of the high degree of class voting and left–right mobilization which is known to characterize Swedish politics? Based on surveys from the SOM (Society, Opinion, Media) Institute as well as the Swedish National Elections Studies, this article shows that this is not a result of increasing anti-immigr…
Religious Liberty in Democracy: Between Individual Tolerance and Democratic Inclusion
Media and the power of naming: An experimental study of racist, xenophobic and nationalist party labels
Racism has been widely discredited in past decades, and opinions that are perceived to be in conflict with the anti-racist norm are considered improper. Therefore, the anti-racist norm arguably represents an obstacle for anti-immigration parties. They must ensure that their criticism is not perceived as racism since that threatens to delegitimize the party and thereby undermine its possibilities for electoral success. The idea of the study is tha…
Converted by un confit de canard: Political Thinking in the Novel Soumission by Michel Houellebecq
From a certain perspective, literature is always political. Literature in a broad sense has been a source of uprisings and protest at least since Martin Luther nailed his theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg in 1517 – and probably much further back in history than that. Narratives are the most potent way to articulate both political praise and criticism within a given society. In his political satires, British author George Orwell revil…
The decline of Western European social democracy: Exploring the transformed link between welfare state generosity and the electoral strength of social democratic parties, 1975–2014
Social democratic parties are crumbling at the polls. Surprisingly, however, the causes of this demise remain largely unexplored. This article contributes to filling this gap in the research by studying the long-term impact of welfare state generosity on the vote share of social democratic parties in 16 Western European democracies. If the welfare state indeed was a key factor behind social democratic growth in the past, we ask whether the recent…
From governmental success to governmental breakdown: How a new dimension of conflict tore apart the politics of migration of the Swedish centre-right
The 2018 election made it clear the Swedish politics of migration no longer was an outlier in comparative European perspective. In this contribution, we analyse some of the reasons behind this development, which trace back a decade earlier We focus on the troubled relationship the centre-right has had with the issue of immigration and draw attention to two critical junctures in order to explain it. First, the entry of a populist radical party to …
Freedom of Religion for Immigrants in Sweden: An Ambiguous Support
Religious freedom is guaranteed in the Swedish constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. However, this article argues that the issue of religious freedom has become a subject for conflict in the public debate, in party politics and thereby for voters in Sweden. Both media and political parties have used populist rhetoric in debates discussing religious freedom in the case of immigrants. This article builds on SOM survey data and d…
France and Algeria: Ideas of the nation in the French political elite discourse 1954–1956
Political science (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Ideology (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (5 works)