Power!
For whatever reason, I received an invitation to answer a survey by Berlingskes Nyhedsmagasin about who has power in Danish society. This was not entirely easy – how do you measure power adequately – but as a true political scientist, I simply couldn’t let the opportunity lie.
Some thoughts:
- I generally think the power of individual businesspeople is overestimated, but I think people in the financial sector are important.
- These days I would look for representatives from mid-level organisations rather than top-level organisations on the labour market.
- Some ministers are not particularly powerful. Am I too 1990s when I put emphasis on the Finance Ministry? In any event, I think the permanent secretary in the PM’s office is more powerful than most ministers.
- I think it is too early to give an evaluation of Karen Ellemann and Inger Støjberg as ministers. In principle, I would say that Støjberg has the more influential portfolio, but it all depends on how she fills it.
- In terms of power, media commentators are overrated.
- There were no bloggers on the list. Boo-hoo.
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