Governance

I Presidentvalet 2024 och demokratin i Amerika fördjupar Hans Bergström förståelsen av vad som pågår i USA. Hans analys av partierna, politiken, institutionerna och framtiden för världens ledande demokrati ger nya insikter, av stor betydelse även för Sverige.

Boken kom ut i augusti 2024, inför det amerikanska presidentvalet samma höst. Hans beskrev boken själv: "Vad händer om Trump återkommer som president? Det är en av de frågor jag behandlar. Men framförallt syftar boken till att ge djupare insikter i hur politiska processer och institutioner fungerar i USA. Jag törs säga att den är väsentlig, och spännande, läsning för alla som vill förstå vad som händer hos den fria världens ledare."

Hans Bergström är fil. dr. och docent i statsvetenskap. Han var chefredaktör på Dagens Nyheter i två perioder. Han har under lång tid varit en ledande röst i svensk samhällsdiskussion. Han bor sedan 20 år i USA.

The Bildt government, 1991-94, started with an ambitious long-term reform agenda but landed in the acute finance – and currency crisis of 1992. In "Reformatorn", a book about the government that Carl Bildt led, Hans Bergström has written the main essay on the formative moment of 1991. It is more than history. In the midst of a crisis, the government implemented structural reforms (deregulation, a new pension system, tax reforms, etc) which gave Sweden a long period of strong economic growth. These reforms are now in the 2020s at the core of what the left wants to absolish. The political landscape in the 2020s has, furthermore, many similarities with the situation around 1990.

John McCain was a legendary US senator, representing the state of Arizona. He became known for his independent streak and personal integrity. He was often labelled a “maverick”. He forcefully advocated an active American foreign policy, in support of freedom. In 2008, McCain was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate, but was defeated by Barack Obama. The book presents the fascinating life and political causes of John McCain, and provides an insightful analysis of American politics.

With a basis in his doctoral dissertation ”Rivstart” (1987), Hans Bergström presents the situation at the time of the takeover of the Carl Bildt government in 1991, in this book in honor of professor Olof Ruin. The essay is foremost a qualified political science analysis of the conditions for governing with a coalition in the minority. This is a difficult type of government, partly because it has to make compromises in two steps, first between parties in government, then with other parties to gain a majority in parliament. Still, minority coalitions have become common, on both sides of the political spectrum.

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