Monica Quirico
Monica Quirico is honorary research fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University (Stockholm). Her main areas of research include Nordic, and in particular Swedish, history and society, also in a comparative perspective with Southern Europe.
Contributions to nordics.info
2020.02.12 | Outlook, Monica Quirico, Democracy, Nation building, Södertörn University
Democracy in the shadow of populism - a Nordic way out?
The “Nordic model” is often presented as a solution to the dominance of neoliberalism and the rise of populism. Populist tendencies within the region, including the reclaiming of nationalist identities and anti-immigration and anti-globalisation sentiment, can often be overlooked by outside observers. Whereas elsewhere economic crises encourage …