Vad driver socialdemokraterna? - En fallstudie av motiven bakom århundradets skattereform
(2005)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In 1988 the Swedish Social Democratic Party decided to reform the tax system. In this essay I analyse the motives behind their acting on a basis of the party strategic theories of Przeworski and Sjöblom. The reform commonly referred to as the tax reform of the century, was although they considered that it was a high risk project pursued together with the Liberal Party. The new tax system implicated a less progressive income tax scale, actions against tax avoidance and raised value-added tax. The empirical analysis is primarily based on memoirs written by the key actors. I claim that the tax reform was a result of a ?supra class strategy?, with the motive to achieve the strategic goals maximization of parliamentary influence and vote... (More)
- In 1988 the Swedish Social Democratic Party decided to reform the tax system. In this essay I analyse the motives behind their acting on a basis of the party strategic theories of Przeworski and Sjöblom. The reform commonly referred to as the tax reform of the century, was although they considered that it was a high risk project pursued together with the Liberal Party. The new tax system implicated a less progressive income tax scale, actions against tax avoidance and raised value-added tax. The empirical analysis is primarily based on memoirs written by the key actors. I claim that the tax reform was a result of a ?supra class strategy?, with the motive to achieve the strategic goals maximization of parliamentary influence and vote maximization. I further claim that the tax reform resulted in a redefinition of the goals in the party program and that it had a negative impact on the party cohesion. (Less)
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- author
- Persson, Mikael
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Svensk inrikespolitik, socialdemokraterna, skattepolitik, partistrategier, ideologi, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1330846
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- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
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abstract = {{In 1988 the Swedish Social Democratic Party decided to reform the tax system. In this essay I analyse the motives behind their acting on a basis of the party strategic theories of Przeworski and Sjöblom. The reform commonly referred to as the tax reform of the century, was although they considered that it was a high risk project pursued together with the Liberal Party. The new tax system implicated a less progressive income tax scale, actions against tax avoidance and raised value-added tax. The empirical analysis is primarily based on memoirs written by the key actors. I claim that the tax reform was a result of a ?supra class strategy?, with the motive to achieve the strategic goals maximization of parliamentary influence and vote maximization. I further claim that the tax reform resulted in a redefinition of the goals in the party program and that it had a negative impact on the party cohesion.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Vad driver socialdemokraterna? - En fallstudie av motiven bakom århundradets skattereform}},
year = {{2005}},
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