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The international literature on the Swedish model has failed to realize the severity of its economic crisis. The Swedish malaise is entirely home‐made and started much earlier than international commentators realized. The sharp downturn in the performance of the public and private sectors in Sweden is a result of the overemphasis on the public sector, upsetting the earlier established balance between markets and politics. Since 1975 Sweden has been ruled by a distributional coalition that has not yet provided reforms that can take the country out of its economic difficulties.

Untersucht wird das Schwedische Modell der Sicherheitspolitik hinsichtlich seiner Grundannahmen und deren Konsistenz. Dieses Modell zeichnet sich durch zwei Dimensionen aus, nämlich die Neutralität und Nicht-Beteiligung an Allianzen zu Krisenzeiten kombiniert mit internationalistischen Ambitionen und einem aktiven Interesse an globaler Friedenspolitik. Die Untergliederung des Beitrages in die Untersuchung der Validität des Modells bearbeitet die theoretischen Annahmen der schwedischen Strategie und deren Realisierung. Der Abschnitt "Stabilität des Modells" analysiert, ob das Modell weiterhin als adäquat betrachtet werden kann, oder ob Veränderungen innerhalb der Weltpolitik diese Strategie mittlerweile obsolet erscheinen lassen. (AuD-Ber)

A deliberate objective of foreign policy was to present a blend of aloofness from the Cold War and active concern over peace and world affairs. Examines the relevance of such a policy today. (SJK)

AbstractThis article analyzes the implementation of gender mainstreaming at the local level in Sweden by investigating implementation gaps in the operations of two municipalities, Eskilstuna and Jönköping. The study draws on the literature on policy implementation, particularly the dimensions of comprehension, capacity, and will, as well as the feminist institutional literature on resistance. The data are based on a micro-study of the implementation of gender mainstreaming in two model municipalities, comprising interviews with key actors and a document study. The study shows that the key obstacles to the implementation of gender mainstreaming are complacency—that is, the perception that work on gender mainstreaming is satisfactory and that no extra attention to the matter is needed—and the congestion of perspectives—the fact that the gender equality perspective must compete with other relevant perspectives, a process in which gender equality is often the loser. Another obstacle is lack of political will. However, lack of political will, even in model municipalities, may be compensated for by solid systems of governance. The study contributes to research on implementation theory and feminist institutionalism by demonstrating the gendered barriers and obstacles to affecting change, even in best-case scenarios.