Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia: 1700-Present

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This book focuses on popular struggles in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1700-2015, and how popular struggle in the form of hunger riots, tax rebellions, petition drives, strikes, demonstrations, public meetings and social movements paved the way for the introduction and development of civil liberties and political rights. The author portrays social and political mass mobilization of ordinary people as vital to the construction of democracy, and an essential condition for the formation of the Scandinavian welfare states. Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia shows the transnational connections between Denmark, Norway and Sweden and between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, and also contains a comparison of popular struggle in Scandinavia seen in a wider European perspective. The book will be of interest to social scientists, historians and students and researchers with an interest in popular struggles in Scandinavia. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Flemming Mikkelsen, Stefan Nyzell)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Denmark 1700–1849: Crowds, Movements and Absolute Monarchy (Flemming Mikkelsen)....Pages 13-33 Denmark 1850–1920: After Absolutism, before Democracy (René Karpantschof)....Pages 35-71 Denmark 1914–1939: Popular Struggle in an Age of Mass Politics (Flemming Mikkelsen)....Pages 73-102 Denmark 1940–1946: War, Occupation and Liberation (Flemming Mikkelsen)....Pages 103-110 Denmark 1946–2015: Popular Struggle in an Era of Democracy (Flemming Mikkelsen)....Pages 111-161 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 Norway 1750–1850: Riots and Participation (Hilde Sandvik)....Pages 165-199 Norway 1850–1940: Six Types of Popular Resistance (Knut Kjeldstadli)....Pages 201-244 Norway 1945–2015: Contention and Democracy (Idar Helle, Tiago Matos)....Pages 245-275 Front Matter ....Pages 277-277 Sweden 1740–1880: From Peasant Rebellion to Urban Riots – The Long Process of Democratization (Mats Berglund)....Pages 279-318 Sweden 1880–1910: The Age of the Labour Movement (Mats Greiff, Johan A. Lundin)....Pages 319-335 Sweden 1910–1950: The Contentious Swedes – Popular Struggle and Democracy (Martin Ericsson, Stefan Nyzell)....Pages 337-375 Sweden 1950–2015: Contentious Politics and Social Movements between Confrontation and Conditioned Cooperation (Abby Peterson, Håkan Thörn, Mattias Wahlström)....Pages 377-432 Front Matter ....Pages 433-433 A Comparative Perspective on Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia (Flemming Mikkelsen, Stefan Nyzell)....Pages 435-457