The rise of populism has put a strain on democracies all over the world, all from South and North America to Asia. The Northern European countries are no exception to this situation, and the rise of right-wing populist parties in the Nordic countries have taken its toll on their respective parliamentary institutions. The methods in which to tackle this development has been varied. Some political establishments have been attempting to isolate and ignore the populist party, seeking to set an example for its citizens, and signaling appropriate democratic values. Others have chosen to include and oppose these parties, as if they were any other political party. This study firstly presents a clear view of the differences in which method has been used in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. All four countries have used different methods, from Sweden’s attempt at isolating the Sweden Democrats, to Denmark’s choice to include the Danish Peoples Party as a regular member of the parliamentary system. Additionally, this study presents a set of theories as to why the methods of choice vary between countries, which are otherwise so similar. The theories deal with the importance of individual political characters in the respective country, the specific time period in which the most radical changes occur, the cultural heritage of the country, or whether the method of choice is a politically tactical move.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-413607 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Magnus, Berglund |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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