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Finland, en del av Norden? En studie om regeringsbildning i Finland

Jakobsson, Adrian LU (2018) STVK02 20172
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This essay discusses the issue of government formation and answers the question why does Finland form surplus governments? The research has been based on the notion that every government-formature should strive to form a minimal-winning government which iscontrasted by the fact that Finland has an unusual tradition of forming surplus governments. The issue in question is considered within the timeframe reaching between the year 1945 until today. A number of theories are presented and discussed, reaching a conclusion as to
what has influenced the unusual government formation in Finland compared to the other
Nordic countries. The result of this research shows that the finnish government makes it
profitable to form a surplus government... (More)
This essay discusses the issue of government formation and answers the question why does Finland form surplus governments? The research has been based on the notion that every government-formature should strive to form a minimal-winning government which iscontrasted by the fact that Finland has an unusual tradition of forming surplus governments. The issue in question is considered within the timeframe reaching between the year 1945 until today. A number of theories are presented and discussed, reaching a conclusion as to
what has influenced the unusual government formation in Finland compared to the other
Nordic countries. The result of this research shows that the finnish government makes it
profitable to form a surplus government since it is easier then for the government to
implement their political agenda due to constitutional reasons. Other reasons concluded to be
contributing factors in the formation of surplus governments in Finland are the lack of a
strong Social democratic party and in turn the existence of a strong Central party in finnish
politics. (Less)
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author
Jakobsson, Adrian LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Government formation, Surplus governments, Minimal-winning, minority governments, office-seeking, policy-seeking
language
Swedish
id
8931050
date added to LUP
2018-08-24 09:12:12
date last changed
2018-08-24 09:12:12
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  abstract     = {{This essay discusses the issue of government formation and answers the question why does Finland form surplus governments? The research has been based on the notion that every government-formature should strive to form a minimal-winning government which iscontrasted by the fact that Finland has an unusual tradition of forming surplus governments. The issue in question is considered within the timeframe reaching between the year 1945 until today. A number of theories are presented and discussed, reaching a conclusion as to
what has influenced the unusual government formation in Finland compared to the other
Nordic countries. The result of this research shows that the finnish government makes it
profitable to form a surplus government since it is easier then for the government to
implement their political agenda due to constitutional reasons. Other reasons concluded to be
contributing factors in the formation of surplus governments in Finland are the lack of a
strong Social democratic party and in turn the existence of a strong Central party in finnish
politics.}},
  author       = {{Jakobsson, Adrian}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Finland, en del av Norden? En studie om regeringsbildning i Finland}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}