A Fight for the Right to Get Drunk: The Autumn Fair Riot in Eskilstuna, 1937

Nyzell, Stefan

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“…O takiej przemianie form sprzeciwu piszą szczegółowo autorzy pracy: Protest, popular culture and tradition in modern and contemporary western Europe (Favretto, Itcaina 2017). Sugestywnie o genezie nowych form nacisku i o ludowym oporze wobec nich napisał w zawartym tam artykule Stefan Nyzell (Nyzell 2017).…”

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Uliczny karnawał czy ludowy sąd? Ludyczne elementy współczesnych protestów miejskich

Laskowska-Otwinowska

2023

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Uliczny karnawał czy ludowy sąd? Ludyczne elementy współczesnych protestów miejskich

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‘Youth Riots’ and the Concept of Contentious Politics in Historical Research

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Ericsson

2018

Scandinavian Journal of History

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This article analyses European 'youth riots' as a social phenomenon after World War II. It also uses a specific riotthe 1948 Stockholm Easter Riotsin order to discuss the limits and potential of some theoretical assumptions underlying the field of historical contentious politics studies, primarily 'contentious politics' and 'claims'. Using police reports and newspapers, the article shows that the riots were part of a European repertoire of post-war 'youth riots', but that they also bear similarities to an older popular repertoire of contention in Sweden. However, the riots do not really fit into the concept of 'contentious politics', as this concept is built on 'claim-making' as a key aspect and the participants did not make explicit claims. This leads to the conclusion that other theoretical tools, inspired by the concept of 'moral economy', are better suited for understanding the motivations of the rioters, whose actions are interpreted as a way of defending a perceived moral right of access to the urban public space. Keywords youth riots, contentious politics, modern Swedish historyIn the spring of 1948, Stockholm was shaken by the so-called Easter Riots. For almost a week, 3,000-5,000 people clashed with police in the district of Södermalm. In the press coverage, these events were described as 'youth riots', indicating that the main actors were adolescents and hinting that the riots were a symptom of 'youth problems'; a perceived societal problem hotly debated at the time. The riots were not unique. In Stockholm, they were the first of a series of 'youth riots', including the riots in Berzelii Park in 1951 and 1954, the New Year's Eve Riots in 1956, and the riots at Hötorget Square in 1965. Similar riots took place in other Swedish and European cities at approximately the same time. With a few exemptions, 'youth riots' are understudied in Swedish historiography; somewhat surprising, as for many decades there has been a thriving Swedish research tradition focusing on street-level conflicts such as riots and other public protests.

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A Fight for the Right to Get Drunk: The Autumn Fair Riot in Eskilstuna, 1937

Cited by 2 publications

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Uliczny karnawał czy ludowy sąd? Ludyczne elementy współczesnych protestów miejskich

Uliczny karnawał czy ludowy sąd? Ludyczne elementy współczesnych protestów miejskich

‘Youth Riots’ and the Concept of Contentious Politics in Historical Research

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