Social Change by Compromise
The Reformist Argument of Ernst Wigfross
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7093451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Ólafur Hansson (0000-0002-7955-5572, corresponding author), Gunnar Hansson |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 355-378 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0346-8755 • E-ISSN: 1502-7716 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03468755.2018.1564693 |
| OpenAlex | W2910118997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
The article raises the question of how a person argues for social change by compromise. The study is about the leading theorist of the reformist Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP), Ernst Wigforss, and how he argues for a compromise in the relations between capital and labour. My hypothesis is that social change is argued as necessary, possible, and desirable. The guiding idea for the analysis is to use Quentin Skinner’s understanding of political thought and its expression as a political manoeuvre bounded by a historically given context. However, the latter needs to be specified as an analytical concept, as well as audience and interest. Despite his efforts Wigforss failed to create an agreement about new relations between capital and labour. His problem situation and his efforts to work through the problem mirror a general political problem, the possibilities of reformism to convert the existing society on crucial issues. More specifically, however, in his effort to redefine what the interest of each party should be, Wigforss had to consider the character of the object of conflict he was addressing, as this determined what the interest of each party was, and the sort of compromise that might be reached
Compromise · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Object (grammar · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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The Political Theory of Swedish Social Democracy. Through the Welfare State to Socialism
Principles of Political Economy, by Arthur Latham Perry
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Class and Conflict in an Industrial Society
A Preface to Economic Democracy
Uncertain Victory
The Positive Theory of Capital
Policy‐Making and Political Culture in Sweden
The Primacy of Politics
Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |