Description Sweden has long been viewed as a beacon for democratic government and progressive social policies.
In virtually every area of Public life, incidences of corruption or profiting from Public office are relatively rare and, when transgressions occur, Politicians and officials are swiftly brought to account, aided by an ever-vigilant med.
Claudia Wallin also focuses on how the triple pillars of the Swedish system - transparency (Sweden has the world\'s oldest transparency law), social equality and a well-educated population - combine to create a high degree of social trust.
With no private secretaries at the door or private bathrooms and breakfast bars, Their bare-bones parliamentary offices are spartan and tiny like a Public clerk\'s office.
Without any right to parliamentary immunity, they can be tried like any other citizen.
Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish Politicians travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent.
And in some cases, are forced to step down.
Politicians who dare pay for a taxi ride with taxpayers\' money, instead of riding the train, end up on news headlines.
Cabinet ministers do not live in luxury either: elected by the Financial Times as the best European Finance Minister of 2011, Anders Borg lived in a 25-square-metre state-owned apartment in Stockholm during the week.
At the local level, Swedish councillors are not even paid, nor do they have the right to an office - they work from home.
No one in Public life earns an obscene multiple-digit salary.
Welcome to the Swedish reality of members of Parliament commuting by bus, living in studio apartments in the capital and working from 10-square-metre offices.
In this witty and insightful book, journalist and writer Claudia Wallin takes a fascinating look at the Swedish model of government, its commitment to transparency and openness, and its deep-seated aversion to politicians, judges and Public servants enjoying any special privileges or advantages.
Description Sweden has long been viewed as a beacon for democratic government and progressive social policies
