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FROM A NORDIC PERSPECTIVE, THE SWEDISH COMMUNIST PARTY HAS DONE REMARKABLY WELL, BUT WHEN OBSERVED FROM AN OVERALL POLITICAL CONTEXT, THE PARTY APPEARS TO BE IN DECLINE. THE ARTICLE ANALYZES THE REASONS FOR THE DECLINING SUCCESS OF SWEDISH COMMUNISTS IN VOTER MOBILIZATION AND ELECTORAL EFFORTS. WORLDWIDE CONFLICT BETWEEN BARIOUS COMMUNIST MOVEMENTS ARE REFLECTED BY INTERNAL PARTY STRIFE IN SWEDEN.

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES MERCANTILE HOUSE ACTIVITIES IN MID19TH CENTURY VENEZUELA, DRAWING LARGERY FROM THE COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE CASA BOULTON, ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL HOUSES OF THE COUNTY BY THE MID1850'S. SUCH ANALYSIS CLARIFIES LOCAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COUNTRIES PRODUCING AND EXPOITING RAW MATERIALS AND AGRICULTURAL GOODS AND THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES THAT IMPORTED THEM.

The floating vote & the floating voter at three critical junctures in modern Swedish political history are examined using S. R. Thomsen's method of ecological inference (Danish Elections 1920-1979: A Logit Approach to Ecological Analysis and Inference, Aarhus: Politica, 1987). Ecological estimates drawn from Thomsen's approach support the notion that the Swedish elections of 1928, 1948, & 1968 were mobilizing elections, enticing significant numbers of new voters to the polls & generating considerable mobility between parties. The three elections could also be considered realigning, given their potential to establish a new status quo. It is suggested that right-wing parties were on the offensive in 1928 & 1948, while the Social Democrats held the initiative in 1968. However, because the new coalitions reflected instability, the floating voters were responsible for the difference between defeat & victory, particularly voters with a nonvoting history. It is argued that Thomsen's method for ecological inference is more effective than alternative regression methods. 8 Tables, 1 Figure, 14 References. S. Millett

The third edition of the Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe provides an authoritative and thorough analysis of the political changes which have occurred in Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of communism. It offers an historical, comparative perspective of the region and focuses on the social consequences of the democratisation process. Each chapter includes detailed examinations of elections, the formation of governments, electoral systems, and constitutional arrangements. These in-depth and up-to-date analyses are supplemented by chapters drawing conclusions on the party