Danish Politics for Beginners
Who gets what when and how Harold Lasswell
History - Vikings
History – Geographics I Llindisfarne... Sweden Norway Iceland India West-Indies – St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix And...
Danish Kingdom 2017
Second Dano-Prussian War
1864 Dybbøl
Hvad udad tabes, skal indad vindes
Emigration
Agriculture Dairy – Cooperatives - Arla Wheat, rye Pigs! - Danish Crown ’Gullaschbaroner’ - WW I
Welfare State Kanslergadeforliget => Stauning Land and city Social right First ’forlig’ - bipartisan State regulation State as labour market actor
Half-time score Little country, big dreams Minority complex Equal and uniform Fællesskab / Janteloven Social trust
National Politics Monarchy Folketinget – 175 + 4 Proportional system Coalitions Minority government
Folketing Blå blok Dansk Folkeparti (DF) - 37 Rød blok Venstre (V) - 34 Liberal Alliance (LA) - 13 Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF) - 6 Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) - 1 Tjóðveldi (T) - 1 Javnaðarflokkurin (JF) - 1 Rød blok Socialdemokratiet (S) - 46 Enhedslisten (EL) - 14 Alternativet (ALT) - 10 Radikale Venstre (RV) - 8 Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) - 7 Uden for (UFG) - 1
Regional Politics Regionsrådet Health care: hospitals, psychiatric care, ambulances Environment, nature Pollution Regional public transportation
Local Politics 98 municipalities (KBH-Læsø) Beskæftigelse Integration Culture Business development Children and teenagers Social care Health care Environment and ’technik’
Who pays what? Local taxes – income,land National taxes – income, property, health care, labour market, Lutheran church Indirect taxes - VAT, green taxes, customs, excise (’afgift’)
Who pays how much - I Total of taxes as percentage of BNP Source: Danmarks Statistik, 2017
Who pays how much - II http://www.skm.dk/skattetal/statistik/generel- skattestatistik/skattetryk-en-international- sammenligning
Who pays how much - III http://www.skm.dk/skattetal/statistik/indkomstfordelin g/skattepligtige-fordelt-paa-skattetyper-2014-2016
Who gets what? Social benefits Education Pension Health care Library Public transport (togfond) Police http://www.dst.dk/da/statistik/nyt/NytHtml?cid=20049
Happy Danes – or satisfied?