727 results on '"DANISH politics & government"'
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2. DENMARK.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher The PRS Group, Inc., with topics including economic conditions, political structure, and financial risk.
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- 2021
3. Country/Territory Report - Denmark.
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DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher Information Handling Services (IHS) Markit Ltd, with topics including political structure, economic structure, and foreign relations of the country.
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- 2020
4. Triggering Ideological Thinking: How Elections Foster Coherence of Welfare State Attitudes.
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HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, TOBIAS
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POLITICAL attitudes , *RIGHT & left (Political science) , *CENTER (Politics) , *PUBLIC opinion polls , *PUBLIC opinion , *REGRESSION discontinuity design , *ELECTIONS ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Since Converse (1964) first proposed his "nonattitudes hypothesis," numerous studies have confirmed that the public at large lacks ideologically consistent political attitudes. I put forth an event-based theory of attitude crystallization that explains how elections can strengthen attitude consistency and apply it to an issue domain integral to the left-right (liberal-conservative) cleavage: welfare politics. Specifically, I theorize that elections that give ideological opponents a majority will mobilize ideological predispositions, leading to more coherent welfare attitudes. I test the argument by relying on 11 Danish surveys linked to official records on local elections over four decades and using a regression discontinuity design. Evidence strongly supports the notion that elections increase attitude consistency if the majority produced goes against the individual's ideological preferences. The findings stress the dynamic nature of attitude structure and the important role regular political events play in that regard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. When Are Legislators Responsive to Ethnic Minorities? Testing the Role of Electoral Incentives and Candidate Selection for Mitigating Ethnocentric Responsiveness.
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DINESEN, PETER THISTED, DAHL, MALTE, and SCHIØLER, MIKKEL
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POLITICS & ethnic relations , *MINORITIES , *ETHNOCENTRISM , *INCUMBENCY (Public officers) , *IMMIGRATION policy , *EMIGRATION & immigration ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Previous studies have documented ethnic/racial bias in politicians' constituency service, but less is known about the circumstances under which such ethnocentric responsiveness is curbed. We propose and test two hypotheses in this regard: the electoral incentives hypothesis, predicting that incentives for (re)election crowd out politicians' potential biases, and the candidate selection hypothesis, stipulating that minority constituents can identify responsive legislators by using candidates' partisan affiliation and stated policy preferences as heuristics. We test these hypotheses through a field experiment on the responsiveness of incumbent local politicians in Denmark (N = 2,395), varying ethnicity, gender, and intention to vote for the candidate in the upcoming election, merged with data on their electoral performance and their stated policy preferences from a voting advice application. We observe marked ethnocentric responsiveness and find no indication that electoral incentives mitigate this behavior. However, minority voters can use parties' and individual candidates' stances on immigration to identify responsive politicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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6. DENMARK COUNTRY REVIEW.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher, CountryWatch Incorporated, with topics including economic conditions; political conditions; and international relations.
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- 2020
7. DENMARK.
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DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher PRS Group with topics including government stability in the country, economic conditions of the country, and investment profile of the country.
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- 2020
8. Country/Territory Report - Denmark.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher IHS Markit, with topics including economic condition, political structure, and legal landscape.
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- 2019
9. Quiet Politics, Trade Unions, and the Political Elite Network: The Case of Denmark.
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Ibsen, Christian Lyhne, Ellersgaard, Christoph Houman, and Larsen, Anton Grau
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CORPORATE state , *LABOR unions , *SOCIAL networks ,DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
Pepper Culpepper's seminal Quiet Politics and Business Power has revitalized the study of when business elites can shape policies away from public scrutiny. This article takes the concept of quiet politics to a new, and surprising, set of actors: trade union leaders. Focusing on the case of Denmark, it argues that quiet politics functions through political elite networks and that this way of doing politics favors a particular kind of corporatist coordination between the state, capital, and labor. Rather than showing macrocorporatist coordination between the two classes and governments, it identifies representatives of business and labor that hold privileged positions in political elite networks. Representatives of segments are found in industries important for the Danish economy, specifically, the exporting manufacturing sector. Being at the core of the network requires not only a key position in the Danish economy but also an understanding that politics is often done best without politicians and voters. The analysis shows that trade union and business association representatives work closely on a wide number of issues through quiet politics, using their extensive network to broker and foster agreement between different stakeholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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10. I Trust You with My Child: Parental Attitudes to Local Authorities in Cases of Disobedient Children in 18th Century Denmark.
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Koefoed, Nina Javette
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PARENT attitudes , *LOCAL government , *CIVIL disobedience , *DISCIPLINE of children , *BEGGARS , *WORD of God ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
During the 18th century, a series of new institutions appeared in the provinces of Denmark. Their purpose was to discipline beggars and vagrants and to teach them not only to work, but also the Word of God. These tugt workhouses also became institutions for the reform of disobedient children behaving in an "un‐Christian" manner. Children were often placed here at the initiative of their parents. The article argues that the trust placed by parents in the state authorities in this way can be understood within the framework of Luther's social teaching, especially his doctrine of the three estates and the understanding of the nature of authority and of mutual obligation that is represented there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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11. Losers lose more than winners win: Asymmetrical effects of winning and losing in elections.
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HANSEN, SUNE WELLING, KLEMMENSEN, ROBERT, and SERRITZLEW, SØREN
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VOTER attitudes , *ELECTIONS , *LOSERS , *WINNERS , *DEMOCRACY , *SATISFACTION ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Being on the winning or the losing side in elections has important consequences for voters' perceptions of democracy. This article contributes to the existing literature by showing that being on the losing side has persistent effects over a surprisingly long time. Based on a dataset that measures voters' satisfaction with democracy three years after elections were held, it first shows that losers are significantly more dissatisfied with democracy than winners on both input and output side measures of perceptions of democracy. Furthermore, the article shows that turning from winning to losing has significant negative effects on voters' satisfaction, and that this finding is robust across a number of different specifications. These results are remarkable given that the data used is from Denmark – a country that constitutes a least‐likely case for finding effects of being on the winning or the losing side. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. MarketLine Country Profile: Denmark.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government ,TAX laws - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher MarketLine, with topics including economic conditions; political outlook; and tax laws.
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- 2019
13. DENMARK COUNTRY REVIEW.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher Country Watch, with topics including economic conditions, political overview, and foreign investment overview.
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- 2019
14. DENMARK: Country Report.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher PRS Group, Inc., with topics including economic conditions, political structure, and investment rate.
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- 2019
15. Country/Territory Report - Denmark.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The article presents a country report for Denmark from IHS Markit Ltd. including economic growth and political structure.
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- 2018
16. Denmark: Country Report.
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DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher The PRS Group Inc., with topics including political risk, economic indicators, and social conditions.
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- 2018
17. Denmark.
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DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The report on the economic and country risk of Denmark as of July 1, 2018 is presented, which includes an analysis on the legal, operational, economic, political and security risks of the country.
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- 2018
18. When Do Citizens Respond Politically to the Local Economy? Evidence from Registry Data on Local Housing Markets.
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LARSEN, MARTIN VINÆS, HJORTH, FREDERIK, DINESEN, PETER THISTED, and SØNDERSKOV, KIM MANNEMAR
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HOME prices , *VOTING , *HOUSING market , *PRIMING (Psychology) , *ELECTIONS & economics , *CITIZENS , *INCUMBENCY (Public officers) , *ECONOMICS ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Recent studies of economic voting have focused on the role of the local economy, but with inconclusive results. We argue that while local economic conditions affect incumbent support on average, the importance of the local economy varies by citizens' interactions with it. More recent and frequent encounters with aspects of the local economy make those aspects more salient and, in turn, feature more prominently in evaluations of the incumbent government. We label this process "context priming." We provide evidence for these propositions by studying local housing markets. Linking granularly detailed data on housing prices from Danish public registries to both precinct-level election returns and an individual-level panel survey, we find that when individuals interact with the housing market, their support for the incumbent government is more responsive to changes in local housing prices. The study thus provides a framework for understanding when citizens respond politically to the local economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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19. The First World War and the Regulatory State.
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Nevers, Jeppe
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HISTORIOGRAPHY , *WORLD War I , *CAPITALISM , *LIBERALS ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
It is well-established in various strands of historiography that the First World War was a formative phase in the evolution of the modern state. This article deals with the Danish case, in which the politics of neutrality made a previously unseen kind of economic regulation necessary. This led to a heated debate about the functions and role of the state, especially its role in economic life. On the one hand, the Social Liberals in government saw the great potential of economic regulations, and their experiences during the war confirmed their beliefs in the importance of a strong state in dealing with the problems of capitalism; on the other, liberals and conservatives began to voice strong criticism of this slide towards stronger state control. Hence different visions of the role of the state came to be the dividing line between Left and Right, and the ideologies of the liberal and conservative Right were redefined in direct opposition to socialism and economic regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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20. Distributing Chairs and Seats in Committees: A Parliamentary Perspective.
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Hansen, Martin Ejnar
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COALITION governments , *CONFIDENCE voting , *CABINET system , *POLITICAL parties ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article presents an argument for committee assignments based not on the traditional congressional theories, but on elements central to parliamentary systems: government formation. The argument of the article is that it is necessary to include the link between committees and cabinet governance for understanding parliamentary committees. This is tested on 40 years of committee assignments from the Danish parliament. The findings suggest that an approach inspired by a classic portfolio allocation model works best in explaining the distribution of seats and chairs between parties. Shadowing of coalition partners appears to matter little, if at all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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21. Mobilizing 'the Alternativist': Exploring the management of subjectivity in a radical political party.
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Husted, Emil
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SUBJECTIVITY , *POLITICAL parties , *DECISION making in political science , *LEFT-wing extremism , *RADICALISM ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Recently, a new wave of predominantly left-wing political parties has emerged across Europe. These parties seek to challenge the hegemony of dominant discourses by introducing novel procedures for active participation, democratic deliberation, and bottom-up decision-making. One particle in this wave is The Alternative, a newly elected party in Denmark. In keeping with the spirit of bottom-up decision-making, The Alternative's entire political program has been developed through a series of publicly accessible workshops. Initially, this highly inclusive approach provided The Alternative with important momentum, but made it equally difficult for the party to particularize its political project without simultaneously losing support. The Alternative thus needed to find ways of maintaining a universal appeal while going through a process of particularization. In this paper, I will explore how this 'problem of particularization' is resolved (or at least postponed) within The Alternative through the management of subjectivity. Drawing on both documents and interviews, I argue that the party sustains its universal appeal through the ongoing mobilization of a collective subject called 'A New We' and an individual subject called 'the Alternativist'. While the former is described as a boundless collective open to anyone, the latter is characterized as a person who is inclusive, attentive, open-minded, curious, and selfless -- but also incapable of demarcating the party in terms of political representation. Ultimately, this allows The Alternative's project to grow particular without losing its universal appeal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
22. Challenges of the Implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Danish Legislation.
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BATTRUP, GERD
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LOCAL government ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,DANISH politics & government ,LEGAL compliance - Abstract
It is a widespread assumption in Denmark, that the rights to local self-government, which are guaranteed by the Constitution of 1953, not only meet, but also goes beyond what is required by the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Although this is not entirely without reason, the assumption is incorrect. Based on a brief introduction to Danish local government and the Danish ratification of the Charter, the article outlines and discusses the criticisms raised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in the most recent evaluation of Denmark's compliance with the Charter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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23. Denmark.
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DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher PRS Group Inc. with topics including the political, social and economic state of the nation, key economic indicators and climate for investment and trade.
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- 2017
24. Denmark.
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DANISH politics & government ,DANISH economy - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher The PRS Group, with topics including political structure, economic structure; and fiscal strategies.
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- 2017
25. The Danish State aid regime.
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Creve, Bart A., Gaarslev, Sonny, and Herbing, Michael
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GOVERNMENT aid , *COMMERCIAL law , *TWENTY-first century ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The article discusses the European Union State aid in relation to the State aid of its member state Denmark. It cites on the co-existence of the two-sets of State aid rule for the country, the European regime based on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Danish regime based on the Danish Competition Act. The article also discusses the publication of the State Aid Handbook by the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs.
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- 2018
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26. A History of Democracy beyond National Narratives.
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Nevers, Jeppe
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HISTORY of democracy ,REPRESENTATIVE government ,DANISH politics & government ,CROSS-cultural differences ,NATION-state ,POLITICAL science ,HISTORY - Abstract
It is often stressed that representation is the fundamental common characteristic of modern democracies. However, modern democracy is also marked by another striking characteristic: its close relationship to the modern nation state and its mythologies. This connection has had very deep, and to some extent unrecognized, implications for historians' understanding of democracy and its evolution in various contexts. This essay shows how the connection has played out in the Danish case. It concludes by arguing that conceptual history offers a perspective that can go beyond national narratives, while still being able to recognize national differences and peculiarities and relate them to transnational and epochal patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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27. Gendered Segregation in Danish Standing Parliamentary Committees 1990-2015.
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FIIG, CHRISTINA
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SEX distribution ,DANISH politics & government ,WOMEN in politics ,GENDER inequality ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article highlights the gender based segregation in Standing Parliamentary Committees of Denmark during the period 1990-2015. Topics discussed include information on gender segregation of parliamentary committees; discussion on gender equality and women’s representation in Nordic politics; and government policies for women's benefits.
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- 2018
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28. PUTTING PARTY FIRST? CONSTITUENCY SERVICE IN DENMARK.
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Skjæveland, Asbjørn and Christiansen, Flemming Juul
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POLITICAL parties , *ELECTION of legislators ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The electoral system chosen by Danish parties and politicians appears to create strong incentives for parliamentarians to undertake activities that can be labelled constituency service. In offering parties the option of running open lists-which most do-the MPs are encouraged to cultivate a personal vote to get elected. High party unity, moreover, might also be thought to be conducive towards a strong constituency focus, in that MPs will feel less party-constrained on their 'home patch'. This article explores whether this is the case, using both survey data and interviews with MPs. Danish legislators do not neglect their constituency, promoting and protecting its interests in a variety of ways. Yet, in light of the voting system incentives, it is surprising perhaps that they do not do more in the way of constituency service. There is some care but little surgery. It seems 'party service' and the attendant career gains take precedence over constituency service although the equation varies from one MP to the next. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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29. The Political Construction of Elder Care Markets: Comparing Denmark, Finland and Italy.
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Burau, Viola, Zechner, Minna, Dahl, Hanne Marlene, and Ranci, Costanzo
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ELDER care , *MARKETS , *COMPARATIVE studies , *OLDER people , *PUBLIC welfare , *HISTORY , *GOVERNMENT policy ,ITALIAN politics & government ,FINNISH politics & government ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
In Europe over the last two decades, marketization has become an important policy option in elder care. Comparative studies predominantly adopt an institutional perspective and analyze the politics and policies of marketization. This analysis takes a step back and examines the fundamental ideas underpinning the policies of marketization, using the 'What's the problem?' approach by Carol Bacchi. The central question is how the market was discursively framed as the solution to the perceived problems of three different systems of elder care, and how such processes are similar or different across the three countries. The analysis includes two extreme types of elder care systems, the Nordic public systems in Denmark and Finland, and the Southern European family-based model in Italy. Empirically, the analysis offers interesting insights into processes of constructing and legitimating markets at the level of discourse; this occurs by defining specific problem representations, underlying assumptions and silences. In all three countries, marketization is presented as a solution which builds on rather than challenges dominant ideas of care. Conceptually, in addition to its institutions, it is crucial to understand the ideas behind the marketization of elder care. Ideas emerge as a key leverage for making policies and practices of marketization acceptable and which decision makers and other influential political/societal actors use in policy and public debates. The importance of ideas is further underlined by the fact that they do not necessarily relate to the institutions of elder care systems in a linear way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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30. Assessing the Impact of Parliamentary Design: The Case of the Danish Committee on Gender Equality.
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Harder, Mette Marie Stæhr
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GENDER inequality , *LEGISLATIVE bodies , *CIVIL society , *WOMEN in politics , *HISTORY ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article contributes to the literature on parliamentary design in general and the pioneer literature on parliamentary bodies specialized in gender equality in particular. It does so by establishing a frame for the critical assessment of the impacts of such an institutional design. Moreover, by using interviews and data on the behavior of committee members, it demonstrates the advantages of applying a mixed method within a field that has mostly relied on participant interviews. A systematic analysis of the impact of the Danish Committee on Gender Equality shows that although this particular committee has not succeeded in adding the perspective of gender equality to legislation, it has increased parliamentary control with the government. Furthermore, it has enabled much better interaction between parliament and civil society organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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31. From hybrid media system to hybrid-media politicians: Danish politicians and their cross-media presence in the 2015 national election campaign.
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Blach-Ørsten, Mark, Eberholst, Mads Kæmsgaard, and Burkal, Rasmus
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POLITICAL campaigns , *DIGITAL media , *DIGITAL communications , *PRACTICAL politics , *POLITICAL advertising ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
An increasingly complex hybrid system of social and traditional news media surrounds Nordic election campaigns as politically experienced incumbents favor traditional news media and younger, lesser known candidates’ social media. Despite little evidence for hybrid-media politicians, politicians’ media use is changing rapidly; 15%–16% of Danish candidates used Twitter in 2011 but 68% in 2015. In this large-sample content analysis, party leaders have high traditional news media and low Twitter presence, and younger candidates vice versa, but some politicians have high presence in both. Hybrid-media politicians are younger than the average Danish Parliament member, represent various parties, and likely come from the greater Copenhagen area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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32. Documents.
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ARCHIVES ,DANISH politics & government ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,INTERNATIONAL alliances - Abstract
This article presents information about several documents of strategic importance to their respective countries. The opposition of the Danish Government to any solution of the Schleswig-Holstein problem, which involves the annexation to Denmark of the German sections of Schleswig was voiced by the Danish Foreign Minister, Erik Scavenius, in a recent address, the larger part of which states that the great war gave rise to fears for Denmark's fate, but simultaneously it gave rise to hope in many Danish hearts that events might lead to a happy solution of the national question. On account of Denmark's neutral position, lying, as it were, between two belligerents, the Danish Government was obliged to observe the greatest reticence and caution.
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33. The Brief TIME with ….
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Walt, Vivienne
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DANISH politics & government ,ECONOMIC competition ,TAX evasion ,RIGHT of privacy ,ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
The article profiles European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. Topics include her role in fines against U.S.-based corporations for tax evasion, her views on data privacy and actions against the social media firm Facebook Inc., and the relation of her position to politics in Denmark as her native country.
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- 2018
34. Denmark.
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POLITICAL risk (Foreign investments) ,DANISH politics & government ,INVESTMENTS ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
The report on the political risk services of Denmark as of November 2015 is presented, with information on the country's political framework, geography, government, and investment and trade.
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- 2016
35. Country/Territory Report - Denmark.
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DANISH politics & government ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,ECONOMIC development - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from publisher IHS Global Inc. with topics including the difficult search for case-by-case legislative majorities faced by the minority government, immigration, and strong economic gains in the Danish economy.
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- 2016
36. Country/Territory Report - Denmark.
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POLITICAL risk (Foreign investments) ,ECONOMIC forecasting ,DANISH politics & government ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
A country report for Denmark is presented from the publisher IHS as of November 30, 2015, with topics including country risk ratings, medium and long-term economic outlook, business strengths and weaknesses and political and economic risks.
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- 2015
37. Criminalization of Homicide in Early Modern Denmark (16th–17th Centuries).
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Netterstrøm, Jeppe Büchert
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HOMICIDE , *INFANTICIDE , *CAPITAL punishment , *FEUDALISM , *NATION building , *HISTORY ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article explores the criminalization of homicide in early modern Denmark, 16th–17th centuries. Criminalization is here defined, primarily, as the harshening of penalties for homicide in law and practice. The article shows that a process of criminalization took place that contributed to a pacification of the population (demonstrated by a decrease in homicides) but also engendered practices of resistance and evasion which were reminiscent of a medieval feud culture. The attitude towards homicide was for a long time ambivalent, not just among the lower classes but at all levels of society. Criminalization and pacification were mainly products of state-building through harsher punishment and the formation of a more reliable legal system. This top-down process meshed with the broader population’s demands for justice and security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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38. The Rise and Transformation of the Radical Right Movement in Denmark, 1980–2015.
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Karpantschof, René and Mikkelsen, Flemming
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NEW right (Politics) , *XENOPHOBIA , *SOCIAL movements , *POLITICAL organizations , *NATIONALISTS , *HISTORY ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article examines the rise and subsequent development and transformation of the new radical right movement in Denmark from 1980–2015. The Danish radical right emerged from xenophobic subcultures as a reaction to increasing immigration during the 1980s and evolved into a social movement of nationalist associations, militant skinheads, and neo-Nazis that attempted to conquer the streets. This attempt was met by an antiracist countermovement, which built up a coalition of left-wing militants and moderate political organizations that put a temporary end to the radical right as a social movement during the second half of the 1990s. However, from 2001 national and international circumstances offered new opportunities for the Danish radical right both in the streets and as a parliamentary voice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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39. PR, Lobbyism and Democracy: Mapping the revolving door in Denmark from 1981 to 2015.
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Blach-Ørsten, Mark, Willig, Ida, and Pedersen, Leif Hemming
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CORPORATE state , *PUBLIC relations , *LOBBYING , *POLITICIANS , *LEGISLATIVE bodies ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The growth of PR in Scandinavia is linked both to the mediatisation of politics and to the decline of corporatism. Studies in Sweden and Norway suggest that one consequence of these changes is the increasing number of politicians who find new careers as lobbyists in the private sector. In this study, we have constructed a data set of all members of the Danish Parliament who have left politics from 1981 to 2015 (n = 613) and identified the number and type of job positions they have taken up subsequently (n = 1,094). We find that, especially from the 1990s, we can register revolving door activity. Still, 89 per cent of all the registered job positions fall outside of lobbyism. 11 per cent of the job positions fall within the wider field associated with the emerging field of policy professionals (including lobbyism), while lobbyism on its own accounts for two per cent of the job positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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40. Disability as infra-critique: a compositionist approach to the election process in Denmark.
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Gad, Christopher and Dalsgaard, Steffen
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DANISH politics & government ,ELECTIONS ,VOTING - Abstract
This article investigates how disability can work analytically as a ‘critique from within’. Our case is the accommodation of citizens with disabilities during the voting process in Denmark. Here disability makes explicit how Danish democracy is produced as disability rubs up against implicit, normalized and mundane infrastructures and practices. We investigate disability as critique in this sense of affording a both analytic and practical ‘breakup’. To do so, we promote a ‘compositionist’ post-actor-network theory approach to disability and to polling and investigate what entry-point for critique this offers. We analyze an incident at a polling booth during the 2013 Danish Municipal election. This renders visible some of the complex socio-material processes through which citizens and the Danish state co-enact and co-authorize one another. We highlight how ‘detachments’ are vital to such processes and we examine parts of the historical background for the production of authority in the context of managing disability as exception during polling. In doing so we point out that as the organization of electoral processes evolves, new potentialities for infra-critique also emerge. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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41. Political control of coordination? The roles of ministerial advisers in government coordination in Denmark and Sweden.
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Hustedt, Thurid and Salomonsen, Heidi H.
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MINISTERIAL responsibility ,BUREAUCRACY ,PUBLIC administration ,POLICY sciences ,DANISH politics & government ,SWEDISH politics & government - Abstract
Ministerial advisers are said to strengthen the political control of bureaucracy. Using a comparative case design, this article investigates this claim by studying the roles of ministerial advisers in government coordination in Denmark and Sweden. The article demonstrates how the roles of advisers differ in coordination: Swedish advisers directly control government coordination through hierarchical authority. The roles of advisers and bureaucrats are functionally differentiated in coordination. In contrast, Danish advisers play a more indirect role in coordination. Rather than controlling coordination, they serve to reproduce the functional politicization of the permanent bureaucracy in government coordination. The findings underline the relevance of including advisers in the future study of government coordination. The analysis is based on 48 interviews with advisers and top civil servants in Denmark and Sweden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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42. Co-producing safety in the local community: A Q-methodology study on the incentives of Belgian and Dutch members of neighbourhood watch schemes.
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van Eijk, Carola, Steen, Trui, and Verschuere, Bram
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COMMUNITY safety ,CITIZENS ,BELGIAN politics & government ,DANISH politics & government ,TAX incentives ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This study aims to explain citizens’ engagement in co-production activities in the domain of community safety. We use a multiple case study design by looking at neighbourhood watch schemes in Belgium and the Netherlands. We applied Q-methodology to map the opinions of citizens about their co-productive efforts, and to cluster these opinions into co-producers’ profiles. Discussing differences and similarities in profiles enables a more generalised understanding of the reasons why people co-produce. We conclude with some policy-relevant points about incentivation when local governments want to achieve an increase in citizen co-production. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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43. Much Ado about a Christmas Tree: A Conflict Involving Danish Civil Religion.
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WARBURG, MARGIT
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CIVIL religion , *CHRISTMAS trees , *CHRISTMAS , *EMIC & etic (Anthropology) , *MUSLIMS , *DEBATE ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Civil religion is not only a symbolic expression of national coherence; it is often also an arena of conflict, where different actors promote their own ideological interpretation of the same events. This will be illustrated through an analysis of a conflict in Denmark in November 2012, where a Muslim majority of a housing association decided to abandon the tradition of having a Christmas tree. The events and the resulting public debate were reported in more than 650 articles and commentaries in the printed press alone, and the debate divided politicians and the public on issues of national traditions, integration, and religion. A Christmas tree is an important civil-religious symbol in Denmark, and this may explain why the affair became hotly debated. The different commentaries from the printed press are classified and analysed from the perspective that civil religion has two complementary dimensions, that of religion and that of nation. The classification is illustrated in a new graphical model of the civil-religious space between religion and nation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Vulnerability without capabilities? Small state strategy and the international counter-piracy agenda.
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Smed, Ulrik Trolle and Wivel, Anders
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NORM entrepreneurs (International relations) , *CIVIL society , *PIRACY prevention (Copyright) , *MARITIME security ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Today, small European states regularly need to go out of area and out of tried and tested institutional settings to defend their security interests. How do small European states meet this challenge most effectively? This analysis suggests that small states can influence multilateral decisions on international security by combining norm entrepreneurship with lobbying and taking on the role as an “honest broker”. However, economic capacity, an effective state administration, and interests compatible with the agendas of the great powers are key to success. Based on a comprehensive empirical material including 19 elite interviews as well as official documents and other written material, we process trace how one small European state, Denmark, influenced the development of international counter-piracy cooperation and the development of an international counter-piracy strategy for the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa and discuss which lessons the Danish case may hold for other small states. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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45. The Incumbency Bonus Revisited: Causes and Consequences of Media Dominance.
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Green-Pedersen, Christoffer, Mortensen, Peter B., and Thesen, Gunnar
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RADIO broadcasting & politics , *INCUMBENCY (Public officers) ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
The literature on political actors’ media appearances has repeatedly documented the so-called incumbency bonus (that parties and politicians in government have more media coverage than those in the opposition). This bias is normally attributed to news criteria that reflect political power, such as relevance and the elite status of actors. Supplementing existing perspectives, this study puts forward a new explanation of the incumbency bonus. The article argues that variations in the media dominance of incumbents are the result of the interplay between journalistic norms and political context. Outside election campaigns, political news is driven by the ‘watch dog’ norm. Thus the media focus on societal problems, which produces a critical emphasis on incumbent actors. But when party competition intensifies, either during campaigns or when issues become salient, the norm of objective and impartial journalism results in a more balanced coverage where challengers increase their presence. The argument receives support through multivariate models of incumbent and challenger appearances in Danish radio news broadcasts over a twenty-year period. Finally, in terms of democratic implications, the importance of the watchdog norm challenges the assumption that the incumbency bonus constitutes an electoral asset. Since media dominance is closely related to government responsibility for all kinds of problems, incumbent support is found to dwindle with increased media appearances. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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46. From Siam to Greenland: Danish Economic Imperialism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.
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PRIEBE, JANINA
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TWENTIETH century , *IMPERIALISM , *ECONOMIC development , *GLOBALIZATION , *MODERNIZATION (Social science) ,DANISH economy ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article analyzes the Danish Greenland consortium's plans at the turn to the twentieth century in the context of the stakeholders' Asian ventures and worldwide business interests. In so doing, it offers an in-depth study of archival material concerning this specific episode in Danish economic imperialism, which connected Asia with Europe. It also assesses the transnational entanglements of the key actors involved in the Greenland consortium, widening the historiographical perspective on their plans for the colony, which to date have been confined to a side note in Danish historical research. Drawing on a cross-reading of economic and political history while focusing on imperial narratives bring into relief the importance of the globalization of the Danish private economy at the turn to the twentieth century. In this sense, the world-historical analytical framework revises the established historiographical narrative on Greenland's modernization in the early twentieth century by highlighting the relevance of transnational developments to the discourse of modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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47. The Rise of Citizen Groups? The Mobilization and Representation of Danish Interest Groups, 1975-2010.
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Skorkjær Binderkrantz, Anne, Fisker, Helene Marie, and Pedersen, Helene Helboe
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PRESSURE groups , *MASS mobilization , *REPRESENTATIVE government , *PUBLIC demonstrations ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Over the last several decades, a number of societal changes can be expected to have led to the increased mobilization of interest groups representing citizen interests. For this mobilization to be effective, citizen groups need to win access to relevant political arenas. This article investigates the development of the Danish interest group system and the representation of interest groups in political arenas. While replicating findings of increasing citizen mobilization from other countries is expected, it is argued here that the development of groups' political representation as a consequence of this mobilization depends on the dynamics of resource exchange in different political arenas. This argument is tested on a unique dataset of Danish interest groups in 1975 and 2010 which includes data on group populations and group access to the administration and the media. The analysis demonstrates that citizen groups must overcome not only the challenge of organizing, but also persistent logics guiding the inclusion of, interest groups in different political arenas. Citizen groups have been more successful in increasing their representation in the media than in the administrative arena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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48. Direct and Indirect Welfare Chauvinism as Party Strategies: An Analysis of the Danish People's Party.
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Careja, Romana, Elmelund ‐ Præstekær, Christian, Baggesen Klitgaard, Michael, and Larsen, Erik Gahner
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PUBLIC welfare , *SOCIAL policy , *CHAUVINISM & jingoism ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
This article develops a theoretical distinction between direct and indirect welfare chauvinism in order to analyze how electorally successful populist right-wing parties transmit social policy preferences with significant redistributive implications for the shape of the welfare state. Direct welfare chauvinism occurs as a result of legislative changes that explicitly exclude recipients from social protection or reduce the level thereof on the basis of ethnicity. Indirect welfare chauvinism is the result of policy measures that apply to both natives and immigrants, but which deliberately negatively affect immigrants the most. Combining quantitative and qualitative analysis of labour market reforms in Denmark, where one of the most successful populist right-wing parties in Europe - the Danish People's Party - held a pivotal position in the period 2001-11, the article traces the intentions and deliberate policy-making strategies of the party. It shows that the distinction between direct and indirect chauvinism is a useful theoretical tool for understanding how the Danish People's Party can fulfill the expectations of both its electorate and its coalition partners, even if they point in different directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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49. Does politics crowd out professional competence? The organisation of ministerial advice in Denmark and Sweden.
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Christiansen, Peter Munk, Niklasson, Birgitta, and Öhberg, Patrik
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POLITICAL consultants , *CIVIL service , *JOB performance ,DANISH politics & government ,SWEDISH politics & government - Abstract
The use of politically appointed ministerial advisors has increased noticeably in many Western countries, but we know little about how this development has affected the civil servants recruited on merit. The article asks whether political appointees accentuate or blur the line between politics and administration. Do political appointees take over political-tactical advice and leave policy advice to the permanent civil service, or do they cause permanent civil servants to be even more influenced by political considerations? And do political appointees make it easier or more difficult for the permanent civil service to be politically responsive? A Most Similar Systems Design comparison of Denmark and Sweden allows an assessment of the effects of political appointees. It is found that a large number of political appointees decreases functional politicisation of the permanent civil service; that functional politicisation tends to crowd out tasks related to more classic policy advice; and that functional politicisation increases political responsiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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50. Cooperation between counterparts in parliament from an agenda-setting perspective: legislative coalitions as a trade of criticism and policy.
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Christiansen, Flemming Juul and Seeberg, Henrik Bech
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COALITIONS , *POLICY sciences , *POLITICAL opposition , *FOOD safety laws ,DANISH politics & government - Abstract
Governments may bargain with parties in parliament to silence them. This insight follows from the agenda-setting literature, which emphasises the power of the opposition to criticise the government. The literature on legislatures points to the fear of loss of future voter support as a motivation for majority building. However, it does not name factors that can cause such uncertainty. One such factor is opposition criticism. This article argues that majority building does not only involve an exchange of policy support; governments use legislative coalitions to dampen unwanted opposition blame. By offering the opposition noteworthy policy influence in legislative coalitions, governments avoid opposition criticism in return, in addition to having initiatives passed. In order to test this argument, a large dataset is compiled on opposition criticism in parliament and the media before and after the 325 bargained legislative agreements settled in Denmark from 1973 to 2003. It is found that such agreements are more likely amidst opposition criticism and that they dampen opposition criticism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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