{"product_id":"reforming-to-survive-the-bolshevik-origins-of-social-policies-paperback-9781108995474","title":"Reforming to Survive; The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108995474","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReforming to Survive\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Element analyses data and deep-dives into Norwegian history to show how elite fear of revolution drives welfare state expansion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMagnus B. Rasmussen (Author), Carl Henrik Knutsen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108995474, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e75 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.149 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Element details how elites provide policy concessions when they face credible threats of revolution. Specifically, the authors discuss how the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent formation of Comintern enhanced elites' perceptions of revolutionary threat by affecting the capacity and motivation of labor movements as well as the elites' interpretation of information signals. These developments incentivized elites to provide policy concessions to urban workers, notably reduced working hours and expanded social transfer programs. The authors assess their argument by using original qualitative and quantitative data. First, they document changes in perceptions of revolutionary threat and strategic policy concessions in early inter-war Norway by using archival and other sources. Second, they code, for example, representatives at the 1919 Comintern meeting to proxy for credibility of domestic revolutionary threat in cross-national analysis. States facing greater threats expanded various social policies to a larger extent than other countries, and some of these differences persisted for decades.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Literature review\u003cbr\u003e 3. A theory of elite's policy responses to revolutionary threats\u003cbr\u003e 4. Case study: revolutionary fear and elite responses in Norway, 1915–1924\u003cbr\u003e 5. Measuring social policies and revolutionary threat across countries (2000 words)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Statistical analysis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mechanism of persistence: comintern, the formation of communist parties and the long-term effects of the Bolshevik revolution\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Marxism \u0026amp; Communism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Marxism \u0026amp; Communism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Marxism%20\u0026amp;%20Communism%20%5BJPFC%5D%22\"\u003eJPFC\u003c\/a\u003e], Russian Revolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Russian Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Russian%20Revolution%20%5BHBTV4%5D%22\"\u003eHBTV4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908899397912,"sku":"9781108995474","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108995474i.jpg?v=1696731469","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reforming-to-survive-the-bolshevik-origins-of-social-policies-paperback-9781108995474","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}