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Some Aspects of the Division of the Finnish Working Class Movement after the Civil War: A Research Note
Author(s) -
Laulajainen Pertti
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1979.tb00205.x
Subject(s) - geopolitics , spanish civil war , political science , politics , democracy , political economy , communism , sociology , law
The article is a summary of a research programme utilising aggregate data at the communal level to explore regional variations in Social Democratic and Communist electoral strength. These variations have persisted since the party split of 1920. The most important factors explaining electoral strength seem to be geopolitical, geoeconomic, or organisational in nature. Political developments preceding the Civil War do not seem to be very significant.