Scandinavian Political Studies

A journal published for the Nordic Political Science Association:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

EDITORS Sverker Gustavsson, Barry Holmstrom and Lars Nord, Department of Government, Uppsala
University, PO Box 514, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden (tel: +46 18 471 3413; fax: +46 18 471 3409; email:
Sverker.Gustavssonia statsvet.uu.se or Barry. Holmstrom (a statsvet.uu.se or Lars.Nordto statsvet.uu.se)
EDITORIAL BOARD Nina C. Raaum (Chairman), University of Bergen; Ragnhild Stolt-Nielsen (Secretary),
University of Bergen; Erik Albæk, University of Aalborg; Ulf Bjereld, University of Gothenburg; John Erik Fossum,
University of Bergen; Olafur Haldarson, University of Iceland; Maritta Soininen, University of Stockholm; Jan
Sundberg, University of Helsinki; Jacob Torfrng, University of Roskilde; Matti Wiberg, University of Turku

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Denmark - Peter Bogason, Roskilde University Center; Henning Jørgensen, Aalborg University; Poul Erik Mountzen, University of Odense. Finland - Ilkka Heiskanen, University of Helsinki; Voitto Helander, University of Turku: Lauri Karvonen, Abo Academy; Kyosti Pekonen, University of Jyvdskvla; Jukka Paastela, University of Tampere. Norway - Nils Aarsæther, University ofTromsø; Kjell Eliassen, Norwegian School of Management; Knut Heidar, University of Oslo: Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen; Ola Listhaug, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim; Harald Sætren, University of Bergen. Sweden - Erik Amnå. University of Orebro-.SxenßeTglund, University ofOrebro; Ole Elgstrom, University of Lund; Leif LeWin, University of Uppsala; Rutger Lindahl, University of Gothenburg; Rune Premfors, University of Stockholm; Lars Goran Stenelo, University of Lund

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ISSN 0080-6757