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A Comparative Perspective on Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4576-9799
2018 (English)In: Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia: 1700 to the Present / [ed] Stefan Nyzell, Flemming Mikkelsen, Knut Kjeldstadli, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 435-457Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this final chapter Mikkelsen and Nyzell summarize and compare the development of popular struggle in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1700–2015. In the introduction of this book we claimed that collective violence was less common in Scandinavia as compared to many other European countries, but we also argued that the development towards democracy was any less conflictual and characterized by extensive mass mobilization of ordinary people. The high mobilization level, that is, the ability to gather people in large formations and press for reforms in a contentious but still relatively peaceful way, was a crucial factor. Denmark, Norway and Sweden were early to foster political movements in the form of liberal movements, rural movements, labour movements, business organizations and dense civil societies that gradually pressured the governments to introduce political, social and civil reforms. These reforms contributed to balancing the opposing interests and identities and to integrating large parts of the population in the governance of the country.

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 435-457
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Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology, ISSN 2946-6016, E-ISSN 2946-6024
Keywords [en]
democracy, contention, contentious politics, political culture, popular struggle
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Humanities and the Arts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-9629DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-57855-6_14Local ID: 27205ISBN: 978-1-137-57855-6 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-9629DiVA, id: diva2:1406661
Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28 Last updated: 2024-12-12Bibliographically approved

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