Sweden
Political Corner: Sweden’s election is making the country look eerily familiar to political climates elsewhere in the world
Peak Web September 19, 2018Written by: Kelly Grounds, SFU Student Sweden held their national elections on Sunday. Early exit polls from the election are showing strong gains for the Sweden Democrats — a nationalist party that is strongly against immigration, and partially founded by individuals with neo-Nazi ties. Currently, Sweden is governed by a coalition between the Social Democrats, Left, and Green parties. While they most likely will continue to govern the country (exit polls show that they are in the lead with 28% of the vote), it will be in the form of a minority government. A minority that could see the Sweden…
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Sweden’s policy can solve the emotional labour debate
EIC February 1, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree waves of feminism later, women are still fighting for equality in today’s society. “Unpaid emotional labour is being hailed as the next feminist frontier,” writes Leah McLaren for The Globe and Mail. She, herself, has been downtrodden with extra…
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