The Centre Parties of Norway and Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6266450 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Elder, R E Gooderham, Rolf Gooderham |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 218-235 |
| Publication date | 1978-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1978.tb00544.x |
| OpenAlex | W2114131244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN. FIRST, the Centre Parties, with their origins in rural interests, have provided a natural channel for the articulation of issues difficult to accomodate within the framework of a two-party system. These issues include decentralization, environmental protection and a questioning attitude to growth. Secondly, these parties provide an interesting study of attempts to adapt from a traditionalist base to the modern world. In the process they have come to play an important part in coalition formation in their respective countries. The Norwegian Centre Party, for example, provided the Prime Minister for a coalition from 1965 to 1971 in the person of Per Borten, while the Centre Party of Sweden achieved power in 1976 at the head of a three-party coalition under the premiership of Thorbjörn Fälldin. Finally, they have been little explored academically either in their own countries or in English-language source literature
Articulation (sociology · Decentralization · Linguistics · Norwegian · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Prime minister · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2016 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |