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dc.contributor.authorKatajisto, Kati
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T08:27:56Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T08:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76467
dc.description.abstractThe Centre Party of Finland was represented in almost all cabinets for decades, and it often held the post of prime minister during the reign of President Urho Kekkonen. When Kekkonen’s deteriorating health forced him to resign in 1981, the Centre Party, formerly the Agrarian Union, was in front of the crisis. The party was deeply divided along the lines of who would be the best candidate to succeed Kekkonen. The schism had prevailed for years, and contemporaries suspected the party would split up or at least lose its dominant position in Finnish politics. Besides, the numbers of core supporters making up the party, agrarians, were constantly diminishing. In addition, the Finnish party system was in a state of flux. The Finnish People’s Democratic League was in a deep downward spiral, while the Conservative Party’s support was ascendant. The power struggle between the three ‘big’ parties, the Centre Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party, was fierce. The study describes and analyses how the Center Party survived the challenges it faced. How was the cohesion of the party rebuilt and maintained? How did the Centre Party manage to survive the inter-party contests and end up being the strongest party in the elections of 1991? The study is firmly based on source material from the party organization of the Centre Party and other relevant political actors, such as President Mauno Koivisto. The book provides new information on both Finnish domestic and foreign politics and the power struggles among the parties and leading political figures.en_US
dc.languageFinnishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHistoriallinen Arkistoen_US
dc.subject.other1990s; 1980s; Centre Party of Finland; political parties; political history; Finlanden_US
dc.titleVäyrysen ja Kääriäisen korkean profiilin aika 1981‒1991en_US
dc.title.alternativeKeskustan historia 6en_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.21435/ha.155en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08fen_US
oapen.relation.isbn9789518586435en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9789518586442en_US
oapen.imprintFinnish Literature Societyen_US
oapen.series.number4en_US
oapen.pages577en_US
oapen.place.publicationHelsinkien_US


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