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Carry On Icelandic: Culture [selections] (2004)

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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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