Political parties and their opinion in computer policy


Datorisering och datapolitik, Mats Bäck,1983  page 188-202


 

Moderata samlingspartiet

  1. Their opinion and how they look at the computer and computerizing is presented in the rapport "Ett bättre Sverige Ed datorns hjälp". It is important to use the advantages what will come by using the computer.
  2. Moderaterna believes in computerizing and it will make Swedish companies more competitive.
  3. Unions’ veto against computerizing is turned away.

Centerpartiet

  1. Centerns computer program is called "Principer och riktlinjer för datateknikens utveckling och användning" is from January 1979.
  2. One thing what is very important for centern is decentralizing.
  3. Centern is very careful about what they say and what they think about computers and computer politic and the reason is their party is in government position.

Folkpartiet

  1. In the middle of the 70th, folkpartiet did they present their work how they look at computers "Datapolitiken för framtiden"
  2. The profile about folkpartiet is that they are very interested in computer communications questions.
  3. Right used and in combination with education will increase communication between different levels in Sweden.
  4. They want to have a special "controller" for computers a so-called "dataombudsman".
  5. Personal integrity for Swedish citizens are very important especially to day then international computer communication is increasing.

 

Socialdemokraterna

  1. The socialdemokrat accepted a new very large party politic concerning computers and computerizing in 1978, and it is called "datorer på människan vilkor"
  2. In their program, they say that computers are something-positive things to use.
  3. Sweden’s different organization from political parties, unions to consumer’s organizations must have a chance to say what they think about the computer development.
  4. It is important that new technique are introduced and used in Swedish companies, but it must be under some kind of control from the authorities.

 

Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna

  1. They have no official party program for how they look at computers and computerizing.
  2. What do they say about computerizing, for the capitalism, it is away to look for technical solutions for their employees. The result will be then increase their employees capacity to work more and produce more fore the same salary as before the computerizing
  3. They say that as well at the result of a computerizing process will be unemployment, isolation for young people and woman.

 

 

 


Submitted: Hans- Peter Ask