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Blombäck, S. (2023). Parliamentary election in Sweden, 11 September 2022. ELECTORAL BULLETINS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (3), 98-102
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Parliamentary election in Sweden, 11 September 2022
2023 (English)In: ELECTORAL BULLETINS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, ISSN 2824-1908, no 3, p. 98-102Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Groupe d'études géopolitiques, 2023
Keywords
Election report, Sweden
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49616 (URN)
Available from: 2023-10-21 Created: 2023-10-21 Last updated: 2023-10-23Bibliographically approved
Blombäck, S. & Lidén, G. (2023). Slutrapport Demokratiska innovationer på lokal nivå: Framtagen i samverkan med Timrå kommun och Örnsköldsviks kommun. Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Slutrapport Demokratiska innovationer på lokal nivå: Framtagen i samverkan med Timrå kommun och Örnsköldsviks kommun
2023 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Projektet har undersökt demokratiska innovationer på kommunal nivå, med fokus på nya sätt att organisera, utveckla och förankra den lokala politiken. Undersökningen har riktats mot två fall, kommunerna Timrå respektive Örnsköldsvik som under tidsperioden arbetat med deliberativa processer för att stärka den lokala demokratin. Projektet har drivits av kommunerna i fråga i samverkan med den statsvetenskapliga miljön vid Mittuniversitetet.

Timrå kommun genomförde 2019 en reform av hela kommunens styr- och ledningssystem, med mål att komma bort från en allt för detaljerad ekonomistyrning och för istället etablera en verksamhetsstyrning med mål att skapa större värde för medborgare, företag och besökare. Föreliggande projektet har följt, analyserat och utvärderat detta arbetssätt. Örnsköldsviks kommun genomförde under 2021-2022 ett pilotprojekt med ett nytt sätt att engagera medborgarna mer direkt, det så kallade Tillsammanskontraktet, inom ramen för SKR-nätverket Utveckla lokala Samhällskontrakt. I projektet har denna process följts och analyserats.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University, 2023. p. 20
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-51577 (URN)
Funder
Mid Sweden University
Available from: 2024-06-19 Created: 2024-06-19 Last updated: 2024-06-20Bibliographically approved
Blombäck, S. & Karv, T. (2023). Svensk Eu-Opinion I Tider Av Krig I Europa. In: Ulrika Andersson, Anders Carlander, Johan Martinsson, Nora Theorin och Patrik Öhberg (Ed.), Ovisshetens tid: SOM-undersökningen 2022 (pp. 189-202). Göteborgs universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Svensk Eu-Opinion I Tider Av Krig I Europa
2023 (Swedish)In: Ovisshetens tid: SOM-undersökningen 2022 / [ed] Ulrika Andersson, Anders Carlander, Johan Martinsson, Nora Theorin och Patrik Öhberg, Göteborgs universitet, 2023, p. 189-202Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Den ryska invasionen av Ukraina i februari 2022 har lyft upp utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik som ännu viktigare politiska frågor än tidigare. Den har även bidragittill att aktualisera frågor kring Sveriges relation till övriga Europa generellt och tillden Europeiska unionen (EU) specifikt. Sverige har varit medlem i EU i nästan tredecennier och under denna tidsperiod har opinionen gått från att vara högst deladifråga om EU-medlemskapet till att under senare år kunna beskrivas som mer EUpositiv. Syftet med detta kapitel är att undersöka om – och i så fall hur – den svenskaEU-opinionen har påverkats av kriget i Ukraina. I kapitlet analyserar vi förändringeni EU-opinionen baserat på data från de nationella SOM-undersökningarna 2021och 2022, det vill säga tiden innan och efter den ryska invasionen. Därtill kommervi även se närmare på åsiktsförändringar inom olika grupper, samt placera in densvenska EU-opinionen i en europeisk kontext och se hur förändringen i Sverige skiljersig från övriga medlemsländer.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborgs universitet, 2023
Series
SOM-rapport, ISSN 2004-5204 ; 82
Keywords
EU-opinion, Europeisk integration, Ukraina
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48506 (URN)978-91-89673-54-0 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-06-14 Created: 2023-06-14 Last updated: 2023-06-15Bibliographically approved
Bolin, N., Dahlberg, S. & Blombäck, S. (2023). The stigmatisation effect of the radical right on voters’ assessment of political proposals. West European Politics, 46(1), 100-121
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The stigmatisation effect of the radical right on voters’ assessment of political proposals
2023 (English)In: West European Politics, ISSN 0140-2382, E-ISSN 1743-9655, Vol. 46, no 1, p. 100-121Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite the continued electoral progress of the radical right, there are reasons to believe that its full electoral potential has yet to be revealed. Previous research suggests that it suffers from a stigmatisation effect and that many voters will find its proposals less compelling compared to if they were presented by a mainstream party even for policy issues they agree upon. This study employs a unique survey design, with two experiments conducted seven years apart, on a panel of Swedish voters. The aim is to evaluate whether proposals are assessed differently dependent on who the sender is and whether the effect diminishes as the cordon sanitaire of the party weakens. The results show that proposals are less liked if the sender is the radical right. This effect persists even after a weakening of the ostracisation of the radical right as well as for different types of political issues.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Radical right parties, stigmatisation, reputational shield, party cues, ostracisation
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-44159 (URN)10.1080/01402382.2021.2019977 (DOI)000748836300001 ()2-s2.0-85123948503 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-01-31 Created: 2022-01-31 Last updated: 2022-10-03Bibliographically approved
Blombäck, S. (2022). Fortfarande lite utrymmeför EU-frågor i valrörelsen. In: Niklas Bolin, Kajsa Falasca, Marie Grusell, Lars Nord (Ed.), Snabbtänkt 2.0 22: Reflektioner från valet 2022 av ledande forskare (pp. 107-107). Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fortfarande lite utrymmeför EU-frågor i valrörelsen
2022 (Swedish)In: Snabbtänkt 2.0 22: Reflektioner från valet 2022 av ledande forskare / [ed] Niklas Bolin, Kajsa Falasca, Marie Grusell, Lars Nord, Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet , 2022, p. 107-107Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet, 2022
Series
DEMICOM rapport ; 51
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49617 (URN)978-91-89341-77-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-10-22 Created: 2023-10-22 Last updated: 2023-11-01Bibliographically approved
Hagevi, M., Blombäck, S., Demker, M., Hinnfors, J. & Loxbo, K. (2022). Party realignment in Western Europe: Electoral drivers and global constraints. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
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2022 (English)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Identifying a crisis for representative democracy in Western European party systems, this essential book studies the widening gap between political parties’ ideological economic Left–Right rhetoric. Combining in-depth theoretical analysis with empirical research, it addresses whether political party ideologies are converging or diverging, and whether these changes are initiated by the parties themselves, aligned with voter demand, or forced by economic globalization.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. p. 288
Series
New Horizons in European Politics
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46692 (URN)9781800884724 (ISBN)9781800884731 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-12-21 Created: 2022-12-21 Last updated: 2022-12-23Bibliographically approved
Bolin, N., Dahlberg, S. & Blombäck, S. (2022). Stigmatiseringseffekten av högerradikala partier: En studie av hur väljares uppfattningar av politiska förslag påverkas av vem som står som avsändare. Göteborg: SOM-institutet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Stigmatiseringseffekten av högerradikala partier: En studie av hur väljares uppfattningar av politiska förslag påverkas av vem som står som avsändare
2022 (Swedish)Report (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: SOM-institutet, 2022
Series
Forskningsresultat från Medborgarpanelen
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50120 (URN)
Available from: 2023-12-15 Created: 2023-12-15 Last updated: 2024-02-15Bibliographically approved
Bolin, N., Dahlberg, S. & Blombäck, S. (2022). The stigmatization effect of radical right parties.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The stigmatization effect of radical right parties
2022 (English)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Series
Political Observer of Populism
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-46562 (URN)
Available from: 2022-12-01 Created: 2022-12-01 Last updated: 2022-12-19Bibliographically approved
Loxbo, K., Hinnfors, J., Hagevi, M., Blombäck, S. & Demker, M. (2021). The decline of Western European social democracy: Exploring the transformed link between welfare state generosity and the electoral strength of social democratic parties, 1975-2014. Party Politics, 27(3), 430-441
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2021 (English)In: Party Politics, ISSN 1354-0688, E-ISSN 1460-3683, Vol. 27, no 3, p. 430-441Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Social democratic parties are crumbling at the polls. Surprisingly, however, the causes of this demise remain largely unexplored. This article contributes to filling this gap in the research by studying the long-term impact of welfare state generosity on the vote share of social democratic parties in 16 Western European democracies. If the welfare state indeed was a key factor behind social democratic growth in the past, we ask whether the recent plight of these parties is down to a reversal of their previously dominant success factor? The article makes three principal findings. First, we show that social democratic parties primarily benefited electorally from expansive reforms at lower levels of welfare state generosity. Second, we find that this dynamic of diminishing returns also helps explain the demise of the Social Democratic party family in the whole of Western Europe. Lastly, our results reveal that programmatic turns to the right predict electoral losses in the least generous welfare states, whereas such shifts either pass unnoticed or predict vote gains in the most generous ones. We conclude by arguing that the structure of welfare state institutions is one important explanation for variations in the demise of the once powerful Social Democratic party family.

National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-36814 (URN)10.1177/1354068819861339 (DOI)000475079200001 ()2-s2.0-85068845030 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2019-08-09 Created: 2019-08-09 Last updated: 2021-05-06Bibliographically approved
Blombäck, S. (2020). From Brussels to the Capital: New Parties’ Paths into National Parliaments. In: Bukow S., Jun U. (Ed.), Continuity and Change of Party Democracies in Europe: (pp. 141-168). Weisbaden: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>From Brussels to the Capital: New Parties’ Paths into National Parliaments
2020 (English)In: Continuity and Change of Party Democracies in Europe / [ed] Bukow S., Jun U., Weisbaden: Springer, 2020, p. 141-168Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

New political parties are an important source of change in the party systems of modern democracies, but these parties often struggle to gain and retain parliamentary representation. This article addresses the question of which of the parties that were successful in European Parliament elections also enter national parliaments, and why. FsQCA analysis show that a combination of experienced leadership, membership in a European Parliament political group and an electoral system without high barriers for new entrants explains most cases of parties that are successful in entering the parliament at the national level. It does not, however, explain why others are not successful, indicating that the causation is asymmetrical.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Weisbaden: Springer, 2020
Series
Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderhefte
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-38522 (URN)10.1007/978-3-658-28988-1_6 (DOI)978-3-658-28987-4 (ISBN)978-3-658-28988-1 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28 Last updated: 2020-03-13Bibliographically approved
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