{"product_id":"democratization-in-the-nordic-world-paperback","title":"Democratization in the Nordic World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Delfs Erbo Andersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenmark, Norway, and Sweden enjoy some of the happiest populations and highest standards of living in the world, thanks in part to stable, democratic systems of government. Here, David Delfs Erbo Andersen presents a syncretic history of political and socioeconomic developments in the three Scandinavian countries since the early modern period, and contrasts their peaceful transitions with the more dramatic histories of otherwise similar European countries, like France and Germany. Unlike these and many other countries--the United States among them--Scandinavia's transition to democracy from monarchy was not marked by major violent upheavals or extreme political antagonism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rather, Scandinavia's peaceful process of democratization owed itself to the development of a penetrative bureaucracy in the early modern period and the activism of cooperative associations, first of farmers in the early nineteenth century and then of industrialized workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Thanks to the gradual, relatively consensual adoption of political reforms and social norms, the history of \"Nordic democratic exceptionalism\" today helps account for the ongoing stability of the Scandinavian countries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Delfs Erbo Andersen is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemocratization\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComparative Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Science History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Political Research\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 7.81 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67567421915385,"sku":"9780299345945","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/i27M21xWGS9780299345945.webp?v=1793533879","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/democratization-in-the-nordic-world-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}