"Medborgarna måste se att det finns en ordningsmakt som har mer makt över gatan än gängen och brottslingarna. Med en sådan närvaro och kompetens växer det fram ett förtroende för polisen som nu saknas," skrev Hans Bergström i den här debattartikeln, införd i Dagens Industri 30 mars 2023.
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.
Gästkrönika i Svenska Dagbladet 26 augusti 2012.
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.
Krönika i Sunt Förnuft (Föreningen Skattebetalarnas tidning), 2005-02
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.
