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Seen in broad terms, the position of the State Council (as the cabinet is officially known) within the Finnish political system is governed by three constraints — namely the prominent position occupied by the President of the Republic, the strong bureaucratic tradition typical of the country’s central administration and Finland’s fragmented multi-party system.
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© 1988 Jean Blondel and Ferdin and Müller-Rommel
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Nousiainen, J. (1988). Finland. In: Blondel, J., Müller-Rommel, F. (eds) Cabinets in Western Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19616-6_14
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