The Shadow of the Swedish Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bo Rothstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-49 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2023.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4316259386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the recent election to the Swedish Parliament, the Sweden Democrats, a right-wing populist and nationalist Party, gained 20.5 percent of the vote, making it for the first time the second-largest party in the country. The election resulted in a narrow win for the right-wing bloc that is now in government. In international rankings of factors such as "happiness," social trust, population health, quality of democracy, gender equality, economic prosperity, etc., Sweden is a very successful society. This article attempts to answer the question of why, given these rankings, such a large part of the electorate voted for an antiestablishment, populist, right-wing, and illiberal party
Democracy · General election · Government (linguistics · Happiness · Nationalism · New Right · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Populism · Prosperity · Right wing · Shadow (psychology · Sociology · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |