The Sweden Democrats in transition: from pariah to co-operation partner
In: Routledge studies in extremism and democracy
Meatballs and mash -- A meeting with historical significance -- The comparative context -- The Swedish context -- A fourth phase even in Sweden? -- Phases of the radical right -- Responses to the radical right -- Thresholds and trade-offs -- The mainstream -- a re-conceptualisation -- Up, up and away -- trends in support for the Sweden Democrats -- Election results -- Opinion polls in Sweden -- The long-term trend -- 2007-2010: the breakthrough phase -- 2011-2014: consolidation and further growth -- 2015-2018: the sky is the limit -- 2019-2022: up and down -- and up -- Closer and closer to the mainstream -- From splendid isolation towards a right of centre bloc -- Increasingly liked but how disliked? -- The long-term trend -- Variations in the negativity -- The end of bloc politics -- or reconfiguration of the blocs? -- The normalisation of SD, phase -- 2010-2014: The awkward newcomers -- 2014-2015: The rise and fall of the December Agreement -- 2016-2018: Still isolated, but... -- The normalisation of SD, phase -- 2018-2019: The January Agreement -- 2019-2021: The landscape changes -- The 2022 election -- The Tidö Agreement -- A transformed mainstream -- A turbulent period -- How the mainstream parties changed -- Why the mainstream parties changed: five reasons -- Why the mainstream parties changed: further reasons -- The fourth phase -- a transformed mainstream -- A fifth phase?
