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@article{ART002027273},
author={Yonhyok Choe},
title={The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System},
journal={Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea},
issn={1229-8646},
year={2015},
number={16},
pages={1-56}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yonhyok Choe
TI - The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System
JO - Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 16
PB - The Scandinavian Society of Korea
SP - 1
EP - 56
SN - 1229-8646
AB - The Swedish party system has undergone a drastic change during the recent two decades. The traditional five-party system was challenged by the Christian Democratic Party which succeeded in winning a parliamentary seat in the 1985 election. Since then on, the Swedish party system has been changing to a multi-party system consisting of current 8 political parties. Although the electoral system based on Proportional Representation (PR) system is believed to be a crucial factor to formation of multi-party system, it does not make a broader account for why new parties can make a successful debut and why old parties fade away in parliamentary elections. The article treats three theories - social cleavages, post-materialism and, finally, racism as analyzing tools for grasping the changing patterns of the Swedish party system. Psephological analysis of the 2014 parliamentary election by manifesto, voting behavior and post-election process witnesses hardship of the new minority red-green government in handling approval of budget process with four right-wing opposition parties. The traditional two-block party system will be endangered by the increased leverage of the right extremist Swedish Democrats in the Parliament Riksdag. It is a looming trend that the Swedish party system is swiftly moving from two-block to three-party system.
KW - party system in Sweden;proportional representation system;social cleavage;racism;red-green coalition;left-right block;social democratic party;right extremist party
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Yonhyok Choe. (2015). The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 16, 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. 2015, "The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System", Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, no.16, pp.1-56.

Yonhyok Choe "The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea 16 pp.1-56 (2015) : 1.

Yonhyok Choe. The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System. 2015; 16 : 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. "The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.16(2015) : 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 16, 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea. 2015; 16 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System. 2015; 16 : 1-56.

Yonhyok Choe. "The Swedish Party Politics after the 2014 Parliamentary Election: Party System Change from Two-Block to Three-Party System" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.16(2015) : 1-56.