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Report from The Democratic Audit of Sweden 1996: Democracy and Leadership

1/1/96 - Contemporary democracy suffers from a number of problems of political leadership. Nowadays it is far from clear what it means to be a politician and which demands voters can make of their elected representatives.

This book discusses different ideas about democratic leadership and describes Swedish politicians both as a group and as individuals. Special attention is given to the constitutional bases of the Swedish political system, the Swedish power elite, decision-making processes within policy domains, and the requirements that democracy imposes on individual political leaders.

The book also explains the theoretical framework used for democratic auditing and presents results from a study on citizen tolerance.

Democracy and Leadership is the 1996 report from the SNS Democratic Audit. The Democratic Audit is responsible for auditing the state of Swedish democracy on a yearly basis. This report uses democratic theory as its point of departure and constructs an ideal of democracy based on three cornerstones: popular, constitutional, and effective government.

ISBN 978-91-7150-686-1
Paperback, 152 sidor
Published January 1st 1996

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Democracy and society

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