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Political Outsiders in Swedish History, 1848-1932
Author(s): Lars Edgren (Author, Editor), Magnus Olofsson (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 10 July 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 175 pages
- ISBN-10: 1443809764
- ISBN-13: 9781443809764
Book Description
The idea of the ‘Swedish model’ has been a widespread and enduring concept in the social sciences since the 1930s, associated with the political dominance of the Social Democratic Party, peaceful social development and a tradition of political consensus. Taking this exceptionalism as their starting point, the essays in this volume present new research on Swedish political movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which have been largely forgotten in history writing. The authors examine political outsiders in a double sense – both in their own time and in later historiography – and in doing so they contribute to a timely rethinking of the roots of contemporary Sweden. The volume will be of interest not only to specialists in the Nordic region, but also to readers with interests in the history of European popular politics, radical movements, collective violence and anarchism.
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About the Author
Magnus Olofsson holds a PhD in history from the University of Lund and is acting manager of the Archive for Labour movement in Landskrona (Arbetarrörelsens arkiv i Landskrona). Lars Edgren is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Lund.
