The Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.

• Section 1: The Politics of the Welfare State (Section Editor: Bo Rothstein)


• 1: Bo Rothstein: Introduction


• 2: Stefan Svallfors: Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude trends 1980-2010


• 3: Anders Lindbom: Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback: The Swedish Welfare State after Eight Years of Center-Right Government


• 4: Christina Bergqvist: The Welfare State and Gender Equality


• 5: Bo Rothstein: The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State


• Section 2: Constitutional Design (Section Editor: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg)


• 6: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg: Introduction


• 7: Olof Petersson: Constitutional History


• 8: Jörgen Hermansson: The Election System


• 9: Tommy Möller: The Parliamentary System


• 10: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg: The Public Sector and the Courts


• Section 3: The Party System (Section Editors: Hanna Bäck and Gissur Erlingsson)


• 11: Hanna Bäck and Gissur O. Erlingsson: Introduction


• 12: Nicholas Aylott: The Party System


• 13: Gissur O. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin Kölln and Patrik Öhberg: The Party Organizations


• 14: Peter Esaiasson and Lena Wängnerud: Political Parties and Political Representation


• 15: Hanna Bäck and Torbjörn Bergman: The Parties in Government Formation


• Section 4: Electoral Behaviour (Section Editors: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson)


• 16: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson: Introduction


• 17: Richard Öhrvall: Voter Turnout


• 18: Maria Oskarson: The Never-Ending Story of Class-Voting in Sweden


• 19: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson and Sören Holmberg: Issue Voting Structured by Left-Tight Ideology


• 20: Jesper Strömbäck: Swedish Election Campaigns


• Section 5: Public Administration (Section Editor: Göran Sundström)


• 21: Göran Sundström: Introduction


• 22: Patrik Hall: The Swedish Administrative Model


• 23: Göran Sundström: Administrative Reform


• 24: Peter Ehn: The Public Servant


• 25: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: Governing the State


• Section 6: Subnational Government (Section Editor: Anders Lidström)


• 26: Anders Lidström: Introduction


• 27: Stig Montin: Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils: Actors and Institutions


• 28: David Feltenius: Subnational Government in a Multi-Level Perspective


• 29: Lars Niklasson: Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden


• 30: Anders Lidström: Swedish Local and Regional Government in a European Context


• Section 7: Sweden's International Relations (Section Editor: Ole Elgström)


• 31: Ole Elgström: Introduction


• 32: Ulf Bjereld and Ulrika Möller: Swedish Foreign Policy: The Policy of Neutrality and Beyond


• 33: Rikard Bengtsson: Sweden in the Baltic Sea Region


• 34: Annika Bergman Rosamond: Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid


• 35: Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-Price: A Force for Good? Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism


• Section 8: Sweden and the EU (Section Editor: Ulrika Mörth)


• 36: Ulrika Mörth: Introduction


• 37: Ulrika Mörth: Sweden in a Multigovernance Polity


• 38: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: The Europeanization of the Swedish State


• 39: Douglas Brommesson: The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond: On Multiple Roles in Swedish Post-Cold War Foreign Policy


• 40: Malena Rosén Sundström: Leading the European Union: Sweden's EU Presidencies 2001 and 2009


• Section 9: The Political Economy of Swedish Governance (Section Editor: Johannes Lindvall)


• 41: Johannes Lindvall: Introduction


• 42: Jenny Andersson: A Model of Welfare Capitalism? Perspectives on the Swedish Model, Then and Now


• 43: Leif Lewin and Johannes Lindvall: One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy


• 44: Lars Calmfors: The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework


• 45: Torsten Svensson: The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations


• Section 10: Policy Making in Sweden (Section Editor: Carl Dahlström)


• 46: Carl Dahlström: Introduction


• 47: Torsten Persson: Policy Coordination Under Minority and Majority Rule


• 48: Olof Petersson: Rational Politics: Commissions of Inquiry and the Referral System in Sweden


• 49: PerOla Öberg: Interest Organizations in the Policy Process: Interest Advocacy and Policy Advice


• 50: Ingvar Mattson: Parliamentary Committees: A Ground for Compromise and Conflict

Jon Pierre is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg and Professor of Public Governance at the University of Melbourne. He is author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of more than 25 books. Jon Pierre is editor of Debating Governance (Oxford University Press, 2000) and co-author (with Guy Peters) of Governance, Politics and the State (Palgrave, 2000) and Governing Complex Societies (Palgrave, 2005). His most recent books include Globalization and Governance (Edward Elgar, 2013) and (with Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström) Governing the Embedded State (Oxford University Press, 2015). His work has also appeared in journals like Governance, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Administration and Theory and Journal of European Public Policy.