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Social Movements in 1980s Sweden : Contention in the Welfare State by Helena Hill; Andrés Brink Pinto is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This open access book discusses the emergence and development, and in some cases also the disappearance, of social movements and activism in Sweden during the 1980s. Its aim is to nuance and problematize the image of the 1980s as unilaterally dominated by right-wing politics and neoliberalism, as well as the idea of a conflict-free Scandinavian model. The 1980s have often been described as a period when the influence of radical-left movements during the 1970s diminished. Instead, this book argues that the 1980s was a decade in which new radical social movements emerged in opposition to the prevalent political order, including the nuclear disarmament movement, the women's movement, anti-fascist movements, and the punk and environmental movements. The authors also demonstrate how issues such as squatting, nuclear resistance, rent strikes and the environment, included a variety of contentious collective action. Sweden, therefore, presents an interesting example of how resistance and conflict in a strong welfare state have been influenced by contentious social movements. Placing Sweden within the wider context of Scandinavia and Europe, this edited collection makes an important contrib

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Author

Helena Hill; Andrés Brink Pinto

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9783031273698

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Political Science