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Carry On Icelandic: Culture [selections] (2004)

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Lýðræði í fámennu landi - Democracy in a Small Nation

Lýðræði í fámennu landi

Lýðræði í landi þar sem íbúarnir eru aðeins 280.000 hefur sérstöðu um margt. Svo dæmi sé tekið kemur stærri hluti landsmanna beinlínis að stjórnun landsins og einstakra sveitarfélaga en víða annars staðar.

Að baki hverjum þingmanni eru þannig aðeins tæplega þrjú þúsund manns og að baki hverjum sveitarstjórnarmanni eru að meðaltali um 160 kjósendur.

Auk kjörinna fulltrúa starfar síðan fjöldi fólks í nefndum og ráðum á vegum stærri sveitarfélaga.

Democracy in a Small Nation

Democracy in a small nation of only 280,000 inhabitants is unusual in many respects. One can take as an example the relatively high proportion of citizens who are actually involved in the government and administration of the country, as well as individual communities.

Each parliamentarian represents barely 3,000 people, while each community leader is, on average, accountable to 160. Furthermore, besides the elected representatives there are many people who work on boards and committees on behalf of larger communities.

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