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Reviews books by Petersson, Westholm and Blomberg; Johan Olsen; Hansson and Stenelo (ed.); and the main report of the Swedish power investigation, Demokrati ochmakt i Sverige, modelled after the internationally renowned Norwegian investigation. (SJK)

Introduces a special volume in which Swedish politics in the 1980s as well as the prospects for the 1990s are interpreted in the light of the so-called Swedish model. With an increase in religious values, the rise in support for Kristdemokratiska Samhallspartiet and the emergence of Ny Demodrati, Swedish politics' future is in the air for the first time since 1945. (SJK)

Discusses implementation theory. Basic to implementation is accountability, which restricts the amount of trust that gives autonomy to those responsible for the implementation of policies. The conceptualisation of implementation as a combination of accountability and trust points in a new direction for the analysis of policy cycles. (Abstract amended)

An attempt is made to clarify some of the problems surrounding implementation theory & analysis by making a distinction between implementation as an outcome & as a process. It is argued that there is no necessary connection between implementation as an outcome & any particular model of the implementation process. Whereas implementation as an outcome is relatively unambiguous, as a process it is much more complex, involving coalitions, learning, political symbolism, & control; any of these mechanisms may be used in the process, but will meet with different levels of success under different circumstances. Accountability is basic to implementation, restricting the amount of trust that gives autonomy to those responsible for policy implementation. This conceptualization offers new directions for the analysis of policy cycles. 26 References. Modified HA

A power index approach to the EU institutions gives a new perspective upon the EU institutions and their future reform. Using a standard power measure, the Banzhaf index, we show that in a group of states as the EU council, the voting power of a member state is equal to twice the individual power to block multiplied by the group's collective power to change. Political power of the member states is calculated under alternative constitutional rules for the EU, where cooperative game theory allows the derivation of power equivalences. We suggest that simple majority should be used more often in the EU council. (European Journal of Political Research / FUB)

Suggests that while micro hypotheses make sense, macro hypotheses are difficult to interpret because they cannot be derived from any plausible theory about human motivation. (Abstract amended)

Comparative analysis of seven dimensions of political development in 70 countries; based on 1970s data. Democracy, political capacity, military involvement, institutionalization, radical orientation, and protest and violence.

Establishes a three-fold linkage with past issues of the ISSJ. Refers to development; discusses data problems, which concerns continuing preoccupation with the interrelations between socio-economic primary data production and diffusion, and the monitoring and analysis of societal processes; relates to conceptual and terminological questions in the social sciences. (SJO)