B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä
The Finnish Way of Governance – Something New on the Horizon?
Alaotsikko: Something New on the Horizon?
Tekijät: Hannu Nurmi
Kustantaja: Turun korkeakoulujen yhteiskunnallis-taloudellinen tutkimusyhdistys ry
Kustannuspaikka: Turku
Julkaisuvuosi: 2015
Journal: Research On Finnish Society
Vuosikerta: 8
Aloitussivu: 99
Lopetussivu: 104
eISSN: 1796-8739
Verkko-osoite: http://www.finnresearch.fi/9Governance.pdf
The Finnish political system is based on representative forms of governance. The electoral system is proportional within the constraints of areal representation secured by largely independent districts. Partly in response to declining turnout in elections, occasional intiatives have been presented to increase the proportionality of the system, thus far to no avail. At the same time and presumably at least partly for the same reasons calls to introduce electronic voting have been raised. Deliberative institutions have also been mentioned as ways of improving the quality of Finnish democracy. In this brief note, we shall deal with these initiatives, their motivations and problems related to them.