What is Finnish about the Finns Party? Political Culture and PopulismTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This presents, in a simplified and condensed form, my argument about the differences between rural and urban Finns Party candidates and shows the party in the context of a particularly Finnish political culture, analyzed via Laurent Thévenot's justification theory. Presentation based on my Master's dissertation. Presented 18th December 2012 in a seminar "On Populism and Politics" by the Finnish Political Science Association.
The Adaptability of Populist Discourse: Greece and Finland in ComparisonTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document compares populist discourse in Greece and Finland in response to the 2008 financial crisis. It finds that while both construct "the people" in opposition to corrupt elites, there are differences in how the enemies are framed. In Greece, the political elite are accused of being lackeys and enemies include "German austerity fascists." In Finland, enemies include the domestic political elite as well as European and global banking elites. However, the populist discourse in Greece features stronger moral condemnation and conspiracy narratives against enemies. Overall, the document finds populist discourse can adapt across cultures while maintaining a simplistic worldview of good vs. evil.
Populism and Familiarity: Political Appropriation of Suvivirsi, the Summer HymnTuukka Ylä-Anttila
Populist argumentation claims to represent ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’, appealing to emotions and reacting to a sense of crisis. By analysing a public debate in Finland, where populist arguments appropriate a culturally shared, familiar experience – that of singing Suvivirsi, the Summer Hymn – I argue that evoking familiarity is an effective way of ‘doing populism’. Analysing media texts from 2002 to 2014 and a questionnaire to political candidates in 2011 – when the right-wing populist (True) Finns Party broke through – using Laurent Thévenot’s sociology of engagements, I show that appeals to the familiarity of the hymn are particularly compatible with the populist valorization of the experience of the common people. In other words, familiarity is a central tool in the toolkit of populism. Remembering the shared experience of singing the hymn bonds the assumed 'people' together and gives an emotional charge for populist arguments. The article applies pragmatist political sociology, studying politics 'in action' in ordinary citizens' daily lives, to the analysis of populism – largely absent from previous, extensive populism studies.
What is Finnish about the Finns Party? Political Culture and PopulismTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This presents, in a simplified and condensed form, my argument about the differences between rural and urban Finns Party candidates and shows the party in the context of a particularly Finnish political culture, analyzed via Laurent Thévenot's justification theory. Presentation based on my Master's dissertation. Presented 18th December 2012 in a seminar "On Populism and Politics" by the Finnish Political Science Association.
The Adaptability of Populist Discourse: Greece and Finland in ComparisonTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document compares populist discourse in Greece and Finland in response to the 2008 financial crisis. It finds that while both construct "the people" in opposition to corrupt elites, there are differences in how the enemies are framed. In Greece, the political elite are accused of being lackeys and enemies include "German austerity fascists." In Finland, enemies include the domestic political elite as well as European and global banking elites. However, the populist discourse in Greece features stronger moral condemnation and conspiracy narratives against enemies. Overall, the document finds populist discourse can adapt across cultures while maintaining a simplistic worldview of good vs. evil.
Populism and Familiarity: Political Appropriation of Suvivirsi, the Summer HymnTuukka Ylä-Anttila
Populist argumentation claims to represent ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’, appealing to emotions and reacting to a sense of crisis. By analysing a public debate in Finland, where populist arguments appropriate a culturally shared, familiar experience – that of singing Suvivirsi, the Summer Hymn – I argue that evoking familiarity is an effective way of ‘doing populism’. Analysing media texts from 2002 to 2014 and a questionnaire to political candidates in 2011 – when the right-wing populist (True) Finns Party broke through – using Laurent Thévenot’s sociology of engagements, I show that appeals to the familiarity of the hymn are particularly compatible with the populist valorization of the experience of the common people. In other words, familiarity is a central tool in the toolkit of populism. Remembering the shared experience of singing the hymn bonds the assumed 'people' together and gives an emotional charge for populist arguments. The article applies pragmatist political sociology, studying politics 'in action' in ordinary citizens' daily lives, to the analysis of populism – largely absent from previous, extensive populism studies.
Exploiting the Discursive Opportunity of the Euro Crisis: The Rise of The Fin...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
The document analyzes the rise of the Finns Party in Finnish elections from 2007 to 2011. It summarizes the party's three-fold ideology of populism, social justice, and nationalism and how each aspect evolved over this period. During the 2011 election campaign, the Finns Party amplified its nationalist messaging by strongly opposing the Euro currency and increasing immigration. The Euro crisis provided an opportunity for the party to gain success by linking its ideological transformation more firmly to nationalism and criticism of Southern European countries.
A Sociological Framework for the Analysis of Populism via Laurent Thévenot’s ...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document discusses using Laurent Thévenot's framework of public justification, liberal individuals, and personal affinities to analyze populism. It provides examples of different types of populism, such as agrarian populism and contemporary right-wing populism, and how they relate to Thévenot's grammars. The document aims to detach populist argumentative mechanisms from their specific usages to reveal the underlying conceptions of democracy.
Populismi suomalaisen poliittisen kulttuurin kontekstissaTuukka Ylä-Anttila
Pyrkimyksiä tulkita perussuomalaisten puolueen jakautumista kaupunkiin ja maaseutuun sekä käsitteellistää populismia Laurent Thévenot'n teorian pohjalta. Esitelty Populismi liikkeenä ja retoriikkana -projektille Jyväskylän yliopistossa 11.1.2013
Using Topic Modeling to Study Everyday "Civic Talk" and Proto-political Engag...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
We present a two-step topic modeling method of analysing political articulations in everyday proto-political "civic talk" on online social media and interpreting them in terms of cultural and political sociology.
Semântica e Boas Práticas de Código Orientadas a SEODouglas Faria
Este documento apresenta o perfil profissional de Douglas Faria. Ele é empreendedor e fundador da Agência Assoweb, trabalhando com marketing digital, desenvolvimento front-end e design. Fornece também dicas sobre SEO, semântica e HTML5.
ESA Torino 2013: What is Finnish about The Finns Party? Political Culture and...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
1) The document discusses the rise of the Finns Party in Finnish politics. It notes that the Finns Party broke through in 2011, becoming the third largest party after decades of the Centre, Social Democratic, and Conservative parties dominating as the "Big Three".
2) It examines the Finnish political culture and the legacy of the Finns Party's predecessor party, the Finnish Rural Party, in shaping populism in Finland. Specifically, it notes Finland's culture of consensus and emphasis on rationality has provided fertile ground for a populist uprising.
3) The document analyzes differences between the Finns Party and other European populist radical right parties, finding the Finns Party inherits influences from rural populism and emphasizes
Populism as Politics of Personal Experience: The Case of SuvivirsiTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document discusses the concept of populism in Finnish politics through the case study of "Suvivirsi", a Finnish Christian hymn traditionally sung in schools. It outlines theories of populism, public justification, and familiarity/commonplaces. In Finnish politics, issues are usually debated through principles of public justification and rationality. However, Suvivirsi appeals to notions of shared cultural heritage and experience among the Finnish people. While broadening what is politically acceptable, its use can also work to exclude immigrants. The document examines how theories of familiarity and justification can help understand the lack of civic engagement in politics and the rise of populism in appealing to people on a personal level.
Esitys käsittelee diskurssianalyysin perusteita. Esityksen esimerkit ovat väitöskirjastani, johon voi tutustua osoitteessa https://lauda.ulapland.fi/handle/10024/62138
Tiedeviestinnän murros sosiaalisessa mediassa -seminaarin työryhmässä 23.4. pidetty esitelmä yhdessä Sampsa Saikkosen kanssa. Ks. lisää http://blogs.helsinki.fi/tiedeviestinta/
Exploiting the Discursive Opportunity of the Euro Crisis: The Rise of The Fin...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
The document analyzes the rise of the Finns Party in Finnish elections from 2007 to 2011. It summarizes the party's three-fold ideology of populism, social justice, and nationalism and how each aspect evolved over this period. During the 2011 election campaign, the Finns Party amplified its nationalist messaging by strongly opposing the Euro currency and increasing immigration. The Euro crisis provided an opportunity for the party to gain success by linking its ideological transformation more firmly to nationalism and criticism of Southern European countries.
A Sociological Framework for the Analysis of Populism via Laurent Thévenot’s ...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document discusses using Laurent Thévenot's framework of public justification, liberal individuals, and personal affinities to analyze populism. It provides examples of different types of populism, such as agrarian populism and contemporary right-wing populism, and how they relate to Thévenot's grammars. The document aims to detach populist argumentative mechanisms from their specific usages to reveal the underlying conceptions of democracy.
Populismi suomalaisen poliittisen kulttuurin kontekstissaTuukka Ylä-Anttila
Pyrkimyksiä tulkita perussuomalaisten puolueen jakautumista kaupunkiin ja maaseutuun sekä käsitteellistää populismia Laurent Thévenot'n teorian pohjalta. Esitelty Populismi liikkeenä ja retoriikkana -projektille Jyväskylän yliopistossa 11.1.2013
Using Topic Modeling to Study Everyday "Civic Talk" and Proto-political Engag...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
We present a two-step topic modeling method of analysing political articulations in everyday proto-political "civic talk" on online social media and interpreting them in terms of cultural and political sociology.
Semântica e Boas Práticas de Código Orientadas a SEODouglas Faria
Este documento apresenta o perfil profissional de Douglas Faria. Ele é empreendedor e fundador da Agência Assoweb, trabalhando com marketing digital, desenvolvimento front-end e design. Fornece também dicas sobre SEO, semântica e HTML5.
ESA Torino 2013: What is Finnish about The Finns Party? Political Culture and...Tuukka Ylä-Anttila
1) The document discusses the rise of the Finns Party in Finnish politics. It notes that the Finns Party broke through in 2011, becoming the third largest party after decades of the Centre, Social Democratic, and Conservative parties dominating as the "Big Three".
2) It examines the Finnish political culture and the legacy of the Finns Party's predecessor party, the Finnish Rural Party, in shaping populism in Finland. Specifically, it notes Finland's culture of consensus and emphasis on rationality has provided fertile ground for a populist uprising.
3) The document analyzes differences between the Finns Party and other European populist radical right parties, finding the Finns Party inherits influences from rural populism and emphasizes
Populism as Politics of Personal Experience: The Case of SuvivirsiTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document discusses the concept of populism in Finnish politics through the case study of "Suvivirsi", a Finnish Christian hymn traditionally sung in schools. It outlines theories of populism, public justification, and familiarity/commonplaces. In Finnish politics, issues are usually debated through principles of public justification and rationality. However, Suvivirsi appeals to notions of shared cultural heritage and experience among the Finnish people. While broadening what is politically acceptable, its use can also work to exclude immigrants. The document examines how theories of familiarity and justification can help understand the lack of civic engagement in politics and the rise of populism in appealing to people on a personal level.
Esitys käsittelee diskurssianalyysin perusteita. Esityksen esimerkit ovat väitöskirjastani, johon voi tutustua osoitteessa https://lauda.ulapland.fi/handle/10024/62138
Tiedeviestinnän murros sosiaalisessa mediassa -seminaarin työryhmässä 23.4. pidetty esitelmä yhdessä Sampsa Saikkosen kanssa. Ks. lisää http://blogs.helsinki.fi/tiedeviestinta/
Hajautunut yhteistyö ja yhteisöllisen työkulttuurin eri muodot -luentoni oppilaitosjohtajille LUT Koulutus- ja kehittämiskeskuksen kurssilla Tietojohtamisen työkalut ja uudet työskentelymuodot. Lahti, 23.9.2014.
Case-esimerkkejä toimintakulttuurin muutoksesta ja puimalakeskustelua. Case 3...THL
Lapsi- ja perhepalveluiden muutosohjelma LAPEn valtakunnalliset päivät 29.-30.5.2017. Case-esimerkkejä toimintakulttuurin muutoksesta ja puimalakeskustelua. Case 3: Rovaniemen VAY (Varhainen Avoin Yhteistyö), Heikki Ervast, rehtori.
Tuukka Ylä-Anttila discusses combining qualitative and quantitative methods when studying political discourse and justification frames. He argues that moving between close, interpretive analysis of small datasets and distant analysis of large datasets allows researchers to develop theories and test them more systematically. Ylä-Anttila applies this approach in his own work on Finnish populism, using techniques like topic modeling and justification network analysis. He emphasizes that both inductive and deductive reasoning are needed to understand political meanings and cultural phenomena at different levels of granularity.
Familiarity as a Tool of Populism and the Case of SuvivirsiTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document discusses how familiarity can be used as a tool of populism. It analyzes a debate in Finland over singing the hymn "Suvivirsi" in schools. Politicians defending the hymn appealed to feelings of familiarity and nostalgia rather than abstract values. This demands that personal emotions be accepted as political justification. By bridging private feelings and political identity through a shared familiar experience, populists can present themselves as representing ordinary people rather than distant elites. However, claims of familiarity tend to be exclusionary toward those without the shared experience.
Right-Wing Populist Parties and the Politicization of ResentmentTuukka Ylä-Anttila
This document summarizes research on right-wing populist parties and their politicization of resentment. It discusses debates around defining populism and examines explanations for the success of right-wing populism. While demand and supply-side factors alone can't fully explain populism's rise, the document argues a combination is most accurate. Specifically, feelings of loss of relative social and economic status among the white working class have increased the resonance of right-wing populist messaging exploiting resentment over perceived threats to traditional ways of life from immigration and liberal elites.
Knowledge, Counterknowledge and Conspiracy in Populist ArgumentationTuukka Ylä-Anttila
Presentation at ECPR 2017, panel "Misinformation, Post-truth and Alternative Facts. The End of Voters’ Competence?", section "Are Anti-Politics and Post-Truth the New Face of Political Communication?"
Finnish populism has been studied from 1959 to 2017, focusing on three key periods. The first period was from 1959-1995 under Veikko Vennamo and the Finnish Rural Party, representing agrarian anti-modernization populism. The second period from 1995-2017 was led by Timo Soini and the True Finns party, which shifted towards right-wing populism. The current period since 2017 has seen Jussi Halla-aho lead the party with an anti-immigration, anti-Islam agenda. Populism is analyzed as a political practice using tools like othering elites, invoking emotional belonging, and valorizing folk wisdom, as seen in Finnish populism and its response to
1. Oikeuttamismaailmat
diskursseina?
Voidaanko oikeuttamisteoria (Boltanski &
Thévenot 2006 jne.) ja diskurssiteoria sovittaa
yhteen, tai voidaanko oikeuttamisteoria ilmaista
diskurssiteorian käsitteistöllä niin että
oikeuttamismaailmat ovat diskursseja?
2. Oikeuttamismaailmat diskursseina?
• Julkisen oikeuttamisen regiimi vain yksi
maailmassa olon / toimijuuden tapa (mode of
agency), on myös tuttuuden regiimi ja
suunnitelman regiimi, jotka pitäisi sitten käsittää
diskursseiksi myös, mutta tuttuuden regiimiin
pitää hyväksyä myös sanaton viestintä sekä
sitoumukset materiaaliseen. Vaatisi siis laajahkoa
diskurssin määritelmää ja sen hyväksyntää, että
diskursseja on erilaisia muutenkin kuin
sisällöltään, siis käyttötavaltaan.
3. Oikeuttamismaailmat diskursseina, 2
• Oikeuttamismaailmojen ajatus on se, että sama
toimija voi luovia hyvinkin eri
oikeuttamismaailmoissa päivän mittaan, ja eri
yhteiskunnan aloilla ovat vallassa erilaiset
oikeuttamismaailmat, ja esim. teollisuuden ja
markkinoiden maailmat ovat vallanneet alaa
kansalaisuuden ja kodin maailmoilta. Tässä
yhteydessä ne voisi hyvinkin käsitteellistää
diskursseiksi, mutta tavoittaako diskurssin käsite
fundamentaalisen eron olemisen tavassa
oikeuttamisregiimien ja esim. tuttuuden regiimin
välillä?
4. Oikeuttamismaailmat diskursseina, 3
• Oikeuttamismaailmojen ajatellaan olevan melko
universaaleja, ne ”olettavat yhteisen ihmisyyden”, ts.
kohdatessaan kiistan voi melko huoletta ”alkaa
oikeuttaa” luottaen, että toinen osapuoli jossain
määrin jakaa näiden maailmojen arvostuksen, ts.
”kaikki” ymmärtävät että esim. perinteillä tai
tehokkuudella on yleisesti hyväksytty arvo. Tämä ei
kuitenkaan tarkoita, että kaikki arvottaisivat niitä
saman verran.
– Tätä voisi kritisoida aika rankasta eurosentrisyydestä
– Toisaalta tämäkin on yhteensopiva diskurssiteorian kanssa
periaatteessa, jos vaan oletetaan diskurssien laaja
määritelmä
5. Oikeuttamismaailmat diskursseina, 4
• Oikeuttamisteoria asettaa enemmän reunaehtoja
(ennakko-oletuksia?) sille mitä oikeuttaminen on, ja
erottaa muut regiimit tästä
– Liian tiukkoja/spekulatiivisia?
– Kenties analyyttisesti erottelevampi kehikko?
– Toisaalta vaara ”nähdä maailma teorian kautta”
– Kysymys siitä, käytetäänkö diskursseja/oikeutusmaailmoja
strategisesti valittuna vaikutusratkaisuna vai ovatko ne
jotain, joka ollaan kulttuurista kenties tiedostamatta
sisäistetty ja toimija on ”niiden armoilla”
• Koskee niin diskurssiteoriaa kuin oikeuttamisteoriaakin
• Eriäviä mielipiteitä, esim. Eranti: ”tästä ei voi tulkita mitään muuta
kuin että minkälaisten argumenttien toimijat kuvittelevat olevan
tehokkaita vallitsevassa ympäristössä”
6. Oikeuttamismaailmat diskursseina, 5
• Tiedontuotantoon kietoutunut valta ei niin vahvassa asemassa
oikeuttamisteoriassa
• ”Kulttuurinmuodostuksen” prosessi käsitetään kenties
orgaanisemmaksi historialliseksi prosessiksi, tai ainakaan valtaa sen
synnyssä ei korosteta kovin voimakkaasti
• Teoria korostaa yhteisymmärryksen muodostuksen mekanismeja
ennemminkin kuin konfliktin
• Tämä siksi, että peruskysymyksenä on sosiaalinen side, yhteisyyden
ongelma, kuinka yhteisö pidetään kasassa pluralistisessa
maailmassa, ei niinkään piilevien valtarakenteiden paljastaminen
kuten diskurssiskenessä usein
• Niiden paljastaminen kuitenkin mahdollista, esim.
institutionalisoitunut politiikka alistaa tuttuuden regiimin
etäännyttämisen vaatimuksillaan, ks. kansainväliset
ympäristökokoukset