The Experience (and Constitution) of Society in Postwar and Post-Industrial Finland, 1960–2020

Abstract This chapter asks how experiences of society, societal structures, and ideas society are related; they produce actions (like politics); these factors explain the change society. A particular focus is on explanatory power experience. The case studied here rapid in Finland after World War II. was period when a version Nordic Model built Finland. modernization birth redistributive state success story but not without problems. crucial element making legitimate among citizens fulfilled expectations people had relatively poor 1950s. Wide commitment to idea social equality major political driving force behind reforms from years reconstruction until challenges globalization information revolution.