How The Rising Swedish Democratic Party Is An Acceptable Balance Between Socialism And Western Democracy?

To continue, Sweden is very clear on the fundamental rights and freedoms of their citizens. According to the Swedish constitution, every citizen is entitled to freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom to demonstrate, freedom of association, freedom of worship, and freedom of the press. Sweden passed the Freedom of the Press Act which goes hand in hand with the freedom of expression. They both seek to give citizens the right to access official government documents and express their opinions through any means they wish, such as writing a news article and publishing it. The Swedish constitution states that citizens will be protected from any form of physical violation and violation of privacy such as body searches

The notion of consensual politics in Nordic countries is built on a culture of equality and the importance of persistently trustworthy behaviour which are based on a common set of values (Delhey and Newton, 2004). These Nordic countries include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. The following values, institutional and political characteristics are typically highlighted when making reference to these countries: egalitarianism by means of universal and generous social insurance systems, solidarity, public welfare service systems, proactive labour market and finally agreed industrial policies which maintain a level of consensus within Nordic politics (Strandberg, 2006). These characteristics have been one of the main reasons for the development of their comprehensive welfare provisions, which creates a sense of solidarity among these countries (Kuhnle, 1991: Peterson, 1994 cited in Lee Miles, 1996). This paper will start by assessing and defining the existence of consensual Nordic politics today by discussing how it had been in the past, and then looking at the future of consensual politics in Nordic countries. Also in this essay the two countries, which will be compared, are Finland and Sweden showing, which state has maintained a consensual form of policy making and which have had more of a decline and how it got to that point. It will then go on to explain the reasons for the decline and what sort of reforms can be done in order to ensure a rise in consensual

Ideologically, the socialist state is portrayed as a figure that supports citizens’ interest equally and is open and comprehensive towards their needs. Individuals can trust in making the best decisions in everybody’s interests. The government makes it its goal to carry out socialist values and makes

If we would make a conclusion for these major distinction between Sweden and America, it may be the result of the each nation’s style of governance. Sweden is a country that has implemented socialist policies in the matter of its healthcare and education. While America only has some socialist policies with the public schooling.

Giving into the demands of upset citizens, different political parties began to campaign with planks in their platforms dedicated to legally destroying immigration. The Austrian Freedom Party, for instance, campaigned to increase the amount of laws that prevent immigration and to make it more difficult for non-Austrians to live and work amongst the Austrian people (Doc 6). By creating a platform to change a country’s laws, it is clear Europeans were so upset with immigration that they wanted to make fundamental changes in their governments’ policies. People were unhappy with how their society was transforming and they wanted to put official rules in place that would allow Europe to return to its former state. Enoch Powell, a member of the Conservative Party, brought this common desire to light by explaining that people did not want to live in a country filled with immigrants, so action needed to be taken in order to curb the high immigration levels (Doc 2). The fact that many Europeans wanted politicians to take a stand against immigration shows how upset people were with the rising numbers of immigration, which became roughly 500,000 immigrants per year. By involving the government, European citizens were able to project their anti-immigration sentiment into the rest of the continent. Involving politicians and political parties shows how adament some Europeans were about keeping foreigners out of

Socialist governments have a similar structure to the U.S. government: the people vote, laws are made by a legislator, there is a constitution.

Of that less than 5% remaining full democracies, Norway has been ranked the best democracy in the world. On the other hand, the relegation of the United States from a full democracy to a flawed democracy can be traced back to American voters losing trust in political institutions and the increasing role of lobbying. With their automatic voter registration, collaborating political parties, and healthy relationship between lawmakers and citizens, Norway’s democratic success is no surprise in comparison to the United States of America.

When immigration policy is discussed, typically, it is discussed within the confines of egalitarian notions and sentiments, and inside the boundaries and parameters set by generally Marxist-influenced social democracy. Characteristically, it is not discussed pertaining to the concept of a social order built on the rights of property owners, sharers, and contributors to and of the common stock- which at their discretion- may exclude bad apples, lazy contributors, rotten characters, trespassers, and terrorists. Once egalitarian sentiments and notions are rejected full-scale- (only giving credence to those that have empirical weight or logical consistency) more proper, more substantive interdisciplinary analyses may reveal that the current investigative techniques employed by current mainstream political theorists are- in the context of reality, incorrect, superficial and quite shallow.

Immigration in the United States has had a contentious history since this country’s first settlers, with overtly exclusive and xenophobic policies being de rigueur throughout colonialism until the mid 20th century, and arguably today. Anti-immigrant sentiment has reigned with each historical immigration wave, intensifying as the demographics shifted from Northern and Western Europeans during Colonialism to more “unassimilable” races like Southern and Eastern European, Asian, African and Middle Eastern ("History of Oppression: Lesson 4- Cultural Imperialism", 2016). Policy is inescapably shaped by public sentiment, and the American white majority believed in the objective supremacy of the “Nordic race” to exercise political, economic and social control over “inferior” races (Grant, 1916). This is in stark conflict with the Constitutional values that America is built on, and to whom many have gestured to in the same breath as their anti-immigrant vitriol. It is in this contrast that one must look at the social constructions of immigrants, race and who is worthy of citizenship, and how our country has historically sought to deny and restrict those considered a threat to “the American way of life” (Jimenez, Pasztor, Chambers, & Fujii, 2015, p. **).

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As mentions before socialism is the doctrine that espouses public ownership or control of a major means of production. It aims to achieve an equitable and efficient distribution of social goods and greater economic planning then exist under capitalism. Although the central concerns of socialism appears to be economic its ramifications extend to the moral, social and political realms, in fact together with nationalism, it is the leading ideological and political movement of the 20th century.

Trends in other violent crimes in the Nordic region, such as assault and sexual assault have increased, but this may have been a result of social ideology and how the public views crime. Lappi-Seppälä and Tonry (2011) suggest that a growing

Accordingly, one idea or fact that is often raised to differentiate socialism from communism is that socialism in general is the political movement that refers to an economic system in that they believe that the state should be in charge of all important producing industries thus taking hold of the control of free market in order to promote economic parity and egalitarianism. Theoretically, socialism seeks to distribute wealth equally among its citizens in a way that the rich don’t take

Sweden’s political reaction is both measurable and significant in terms of the incessantly evolving political climate of Europe towards the immigration issue. Since 1989, the Swedes have been asked annually what issues they think are the most important in Sweden

The two dominant economic systems we have in the world today are socialism and capitalism. In this text, I will in addition to comparing and contrasting socialism and capitalism also discuss the shortcomings of these two economic systems. Further, amongst other things, I will highlight the overlaps between the two.