Cumulative Frustrations and the Erosion of Social Trust before the Finnish Civil War.
The Finnish Civil War of 1918 has been described as a revolution of expectations in the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Russian Empire. More recently, it has been described as an attempted Bolshevik revolution in a democracy. From the perspective of the Finnish Social Democrats, the re-esta...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 157 - 179 |
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May2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=163248962&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 163248962 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03468755 9DR jtl: Scandinavian Journal of History issn: 03468755 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2023 vid: 48 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 163248962 10.1080/03468755.2022.2144439 ppf: 157 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 311KB tig: atl: Cumulative Frustrations and the Erosion of Social Trust before the Finnish Civil War. aug: au: Siltala, Juha affil: Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland su: Trust Social status Frustration Class consciousness Collective labor agreements Servant leadership Civil war Finland Russia Sweden sug: subj: Finland Russia Sweden Trust Social status Frustration Class consciousness Collective labor agreements Servant leadership Civil war keyword: Finnish Civil War game strategies group identity social trust ab: The Finnish Civil War of 1918 has been described as a revolution of expectations in the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Russian Empire. More recently, it has been described as an attempted Bolshevik revolution in a democracy. From the perspective of the Finnish Social Democrats, the re-establishment of the Red Guards and seeking support from the Bolsheviks were aimed at preventing a bourgeois counter-revolution. They saw a clear threat of that in the repeal of the act granting parliamentary sovereignty and the dissolution of the socialist-majority Parliament. This article tracks the origins of the socialists' mistrust of the bourgeoisie through industrial relations, land-reform debates and war-time food regulation. Unlike in Sweden, collective agreements were not recognized in Finland. In the mentalities, the divide between landowning individuals and their dependent servants continued. Due to rural overpopulation, there had been little social mobility in the 19th century. Social positions had become essentialized, and initiatives to redistribute land had been postponed by the landowning classes. As in Russia, landless people and industrial workers came to share a class consciousness. They began to direct their frustrations at the state, which they saw as representing private interests. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Scandinavian Journal of History is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Scandinavian Journal of History holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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