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Part 1 Scandinavia - past and present: the eight wings of the swan -the geo-politics of the Nordic region; nation-building andstate-building in the Nordic region, 1809-1944 beyond - why 5+3 and not2+6 or indeed 8?. Part 2 The Scandinavian party system in developmentalperspective: the emergence of the Scandinavian party systems(s) - abasic 2+3 configuration?; the historic strengths of the five main partytypes in the Nordic region - the whys and the wherefores. Part 3Parties, voters and social change - w(h)ither the Scandinavian partysystem model?: "earthquake elections" asnd new parties - the"unfreezing" of the Scandinavian party systems; party system change inScandinavian since 1970 - "restricted change" or "general change"?.Part 4 A (the) Nordic model?: a Nordic model of government - myth orreality?; the Nordic welfare model - a case of "paradise lost"?. Part 5legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region: a distinctively "Scandinavian form of parliamentarism"?; the dual executive in Icelandand Finland - "semi-presidential government" in more than name?. Part 6The Nordic states in their strategic external environment: the originsof the post-war security configuration in Northern Europe; security andco-operation in the Nordic region 1949-91; the Nordic states in the NewEurope - still "reluctant Europeans"?; the Nordic states on the eve ofthe new millennium.