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oapen-20.500.12657-308792024-03-25T09:51:43Z The Springs Of Democracy Ihalainen, Pasi political history revolution reforms democracy parliamentarism europe Bolsheviks Bourgeoisie Finland Germany Social democracy Sweden thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements During the First World War, conflicts between the people’s sacrifices and their political participation led to crises of parliamentary legitimacy. This volume compares British, German, Swedish and Finnish debates on revolution, rule by the people, democracy and parliamentarism and their transnational links. The British reform, although more about winning the war than advancing democracy, restored parliamentary legitimacy, unlike in Germany, where Allied demands for democratisation made reform appear treasonous and fostered native German solutions. Sweden only adopted Western political models after major confrontations, but reforms saw it embark on its path to Social Democracy. In Finland, competing Russian revolutionary discourses and German- and Swedish-inspired appeals to legality brought about the deterioration of parliamentary legitimacy and a civil war. Only a republican compromise imposed by the Entente, following a royalist initiative in 1918, led to the construction of a viable polity. 2018-01-08 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2018-01-08 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:16:40Z 2020-04-01T13:16:40Z 2017 book 641494 OCN: 1024087166 0355-8924;1458-526X 9789522229298;9789522229281 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30879 eng Studia Fennica Historica application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 641494.pdf https://doi.org/10.21435/sfh.24 Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sfh.24 10.21435/sfh.24 51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f 7f68f45f-a677-4ca9-a69c-989c298c9cf6 9789522229298;9789522229281 24 590 Helsinki Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and SKS open access
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During the First World War, conflicts between the people’s sacrifices and their political participation led to crises of parliamentary legitimacy. This volume compares British, German, Swedish and Finnish debates on revolution, rule by the people, democracy and parliamentarism and their transnational links. The British reform, although more about winning the war than advancing democracy, restored parliamentary legitimacy, unlike in Germany, where Allied demands for democratisation made reform appear treasonous and fostered native German solutions. Sweden only adopted Western political models after major confrontations, but reforms saw it embark on its path to Social Democracy. In Finland, competing Russian revolutionary discourses and German- and Swedish-inspired appeals to legality brought about the deterioration of parliamentary legitimacy and a civil war. Only a republican compromise imposed by the Entente, following a royalist initiative in 1918, led to the construction of a viable polity.
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