Voting and Eligibility Age in Sweden, 1866-1921
Sandin, Bengt
Produktnummer:
18dae3561caec74f4ebe2ebc4befe2a0b7
| Autor: | Sandin, Bengt |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Open Access conservatism demography feminism industralization labour movement social democracy suffragettes urbanisation voting rights |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 22.09.2025 |
| EAN: | 9783031952753 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 271 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Untertitel: | Democracy with Guarantees |
Produktinformationen "Voting and Eligibility Age in Sweden, 1866-1921"
This open access book explores the background to the electoral reforms of 1907-1921 in Sweden, when the voting age was raised from 21 years to 23 for the second chamber and the municipalities, and to 27 for the county councils and the first chamber. This increase in voting ages was unique in an international context. Previous research and contemporary conservative and liberal rhetoric argued that the increase in the voting age was socially and politically neutral. This book questions that view. The liberal and conservative parties launched universal suffrage reforms and raised the voting age to exclude the young, unestablished and unmarried parts of the population. The ambition was to limit the increasing political influence of the cities and the working class. A higher voting and eligibility age would limit the negative effects of universal suffrage. The changes were also an effect of the tension between town and country and the consequence of a long-term demographic transformation with profound effects on the social and pollical structure of the nation.
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