Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2021
Abstract Icelandic politics in 2021 were strongly dominated by two features: the ongoing struggle with Covid‐19 and the parliamentary election which took place on 25 September. Covid‐19 was in many ways the primary task of government throughout the year and, while criticism of various restrictions o...
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crwiley:10.1111/2047-8852.12354 2024-06-02T08:09:18+00:00 Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2021 First Government Survival since the Financial Crisis HARDARSON, ÓLAFUR TH KRISTINSSON, GUNNAR HELGI 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2047-8852.12354 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/2047-8852.12354 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/2047-8852.12354 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook volume 61, issue 1, page 214-224 ISSN 2047-8844 2047-8852 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-8852.12354 2024-05-03T11:21:28Z Abstract Icelandic politics in 2021 were strongly dominated by two features: the ongoing struggle with Covid‐19 and the parliamentary election which took place on 25 September. Covid‐19 was in many ways the primary task of government throughout the year and, while criticism of various restrictions of personal freedoms grew louder as the year wore on, the situation remained relatively calm compared to most other countries. The parliamentary election was to a certain extent overshadowed by the pandemic crisis and the opposition parties in particular had a difficult time of finding a clear voice in a situation where expert rule was the norm and by far the most prominent part of the government agenda. After four years in power, the three‐way coalition of the Left‐Greens, Independence Party and Progressive Party was re‐elected in September, signalling a continuation of the partial return to stability which its formation in 2017 had signalled. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook |
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Abstract Icelandic politics in 2021 were strongly dominated by two features: the ongoing struggle with Covid‐19 and the parliamentary election which took place on 25 September. Covid‐19 was in many ways the primary task of government throughout the year and, while criticism of various restrictions of personal freedoms grew louder as the year wore on, the situation remained relatively calm compared to most other countries. The parliamentary election was to a certain extent overshadowed by the pandemic crisis and the opposition parties in particular had a difficult time of finding a clear voice in a situation where expert rule was the norm and by far the most prominent part of the government agenda. After four years in power, the three‐way coalition of the Left‐Greens, Independence Party and Progressive Party was re‐elected in September, signalling a continuation of the partial return to stability which its formation in 2017 had signalled. |
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Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2021 |
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Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2021 |
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