@article{1467587,
      recid = {1467587},
      author = {Hill, Helena, and Pinto, Andrés Brink,},
      title = {Social movements in 1980s Sweden : contention in the  welfare state /},
      pages = {1 online resource (209 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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 contribution to the history of social movements.  Helena Hill is Associate Professor of the History of Ideas  and Lecturer in Gender Studies at Sdertrn University in  Sweden. Helenas main research areas are social and  political movements, gender and sexuality in a historical  perspective and gender equality. Andrs Brink Pinto is  Associate Professor of History and Researcher in Gender  Studies at Lund University in Sweden. Andrs main research  areas are radical social movements, urban history and the  history of sexuality.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1467587},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27370-4},
}