Back to the Future
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Party Politics
- Vol. 1 (3) , 419-429
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068895001003008
Abstract
Sweden's election of September 1994 returned Ingvar Carlsson's Social Democrats to power following three years of non-socialist coalition government. After a deep recession, observers wondered whether the electoral volatility apparent in 1991, chiefly in Social Democratic losses and New Democracy's arrival, would continue. Moreover, long-established bloc politics was questioned by the governing Liberals entertaining a possible post-election coalition with Carlsson's party. However, the 1994 election results - the Social Democrats' victory (despite an uncertain campaign), the eclipse of New Democracy, the centre parties' decline and the strengthening of the Moderates - seemed to signal bloc politics' continuing salience.Keywords
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