Dialectics between Occupational and Party Structures
Finland since World War II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2302243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Markku Haranne (The Helsinki School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 83-95 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Sociologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000169938002300401 |
| OpenAlex | W4243477249, W2091201228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The article discusses why the Finnish political system has remained rela tively stable despite rather fundamental changes in the professional structure of the population since the second world war. This problem is examined in the light of various survey-studies from the past few decades. The so-called big parties - the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Finnish People's Democratic Front (SKDL), the Center Party (the former Ag rarian Union) and the Coalition Party - are traditionally class-based with respect to their supporters. A strictly class-tied mode of voting behavior has nonetheless diminished since the second world war. This is due to the fact that the support from the growing strata of white-collar professionals has been distributed relatively evenly among the different parties. This trend has, on the one hand, promoted the stability of the political field and on the other led to a homogenization of the constituencies of different parties
Democracy · Dialectic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Social Democratic Party · Sociology · Voting · World War II · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European and International Law Studies · Law · Research in Social Sciences
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |