Open AccessThe Finnish Way of Governance: Something New on the Horizon?
Author(s) -
Hannu Nurmi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
research on finnish society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2490-0958
pISSN - 1796-8739
DOI - 10.51815/fjsr.110743
Subject(s) - corporate governance , voting , proportional representation , democracy , representation (politics) , proportionality (law) , politics , turnout , political science , electoral system , political economy , public administration , quality (philosophy) , horizon , economics , law , mathematics , management , epistemology , geometry , philosophy
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 initiatives 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 similar 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.