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5 The ‘earthquake elections’ of 1970–73 and the emergence of new party types

Abstract

The so-called 'earthquake elections', first in Finland and then in Denmark and Norway between 1970 and 1973, constituted a root-and-branch challenge to the unidimensional Scandinavian party system model and the old mould appeared irrevocably broken. This chapter presents essential background material and asks whether the ground-breaking elections of 1970-1973 created lasting fissures in the Scandinavian party systems and, if so, what new party types have emerged. The increase in legislative parties was not confined to the seismic early 1970s. The chapter concentrates on profiling four new 'party families' that since then have both institutionalised their position and lent the party political spectrum added 'dimensionality'. The eco-socialist parties and new radical rightist parties have been relatively easy to locate on a left-right continuum, whereas the placement of the Greens and new Christian parties, embodying post-materialist and anti-secularist values, respectively, has been more problematical.

Abstract

The so-called 'earthquake elections', first in Finland and then in Denmark and Norway between 1970 and 1973, constituted a root-and-branch challenge to the unidimensional Scandinavian party system model and the old mould appeared irrevocably broken. This chapter presents essential background material and asks whether the ground-breaking elections of 1970-1973 created lasting fissures in the Scandinavian party systems and, if so, what new party types have emerged. The increase in legislative parties was not confined to the seismic early 1970s. The chapter concentrates on profiling four new 'party families' that since then have both institutionalised their position and lent the party political spectrum added 'dimensionality'. The eco-socialist parties and new radical rightist parties have been relatively easy to locate on a left-right continuum, whereas the placement of the Greens and new Christian parties, embodying post-materialist and anti-secularist values, respectively, has been more problematical.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. List of abbreviations xi
  6. Part I Scandinavia past and present
  7. 1 The eight quills of the swan 3
  8. 2 Nation-building and state-building, 1809–1944 25
  9. Part II Parties in developmental perspective
  10. 3 The emergence of the Scandinavian party system(s) 51
  11. 4 The historic strengths of the five main types of party 72
  12. Part III Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?
  13. 5 The ‘earthquake elections’ of 1970–73 and the emergence of new party types 101
  14. 6 Party system change since 1970 133
  15. Part IV The Nordic model
  16. 7 A Nordic model of government? 151
  17. 8 The Nordic welfare model 170
  18. Part V Legislative–executive relations in the Nordic region
  19. 9 The Nordic parliaments 193
  20. 10 ‘Fairly strong standing committees’ and ‘influential party groups’ – a distinctively Nordic mix? 209
  21. 11 Nordic government(s) 229
  22. Part VI The strategic security environment
  23. 12 The changing security environment of the Nordic region 259
  24. 13 ‘Reluctant Nordics’, ‘reluctant Europeans’, but ‘moral superpowers’? 297
  25. Epilogue 340
  26. Index 344
Scandinavian politics today
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Scandinavian politics today
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781847792020.00013

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. List of abbreviations xi
  6. Part I Scandinavia past and present
  7. 1 The eight quills of the swan 3
  8. 2 Nation-building and state-building, 1809–1944 25
  9. Part II Parties in developmental perspective
  10. 3 The emergence of the Scandinavian party system(s) 51
  11. 4 The historic strengths of the five main types of party 72
  12. Part III Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model?
  13. 5 The ‘earthquake elections’ of 1970–73 and the emergence of new party types 101
  14. 6 Party system change since 1970 133
  15. Part IV The Nordic model
  16. 7 A Nordic model of government? 151
  17. 8 The Nordic welfare model 170
  18. Part V Legislative–executive relations in the Nordic region
  19. 9 The Nordic parliaments 193
  20. 10 ‘Fairly strong standing committees’ and ‘influential party groups’ – a distinctively Nordic mix? 209
  21. 11 Nordic government(s) 229
  22. Part VI The strategic security environment
  23. 12 The changing security environment of the Nordic region 259
  24. 13 ‘Reluctant Nordics’, ‘reluctant Europeans’, but ‘moral superpowers’? 297
  25. Epilogue 340
  26. Index 344
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