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The Springs of Democracy - National and Transnational Debates on Constitutional Reform in the British, German, Swedish and Finnish Parliaments, 1917-1919

English · Paperback / Softback

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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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Dr. Pasi Ihalainen is a professor of Comparative European History at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is concentrating especially on the history of political and social discourse in the long term from comparative and transnational perspectives.


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Authors Pasi Ihalainen
Assisted by Suomalaise Kirjallisuuden Seura SKS (Editor), Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura SKS (Editor), Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura Sks (Editor)
Publisher Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.2017
 
EAN 9789522229182
ISBN 978-952-222-918-2
No. of pages 592
Dimensions 176 mm x 250 mm x 32 mm
Weight 1068 g
Series Studia Fennica Historica
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories

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