Finnish Journal of Social Research https://fjsr.journal.fi/ <p><span class="rpHighlightAllClass rpHighlightSubjectClass" title="" role="heading" aria-level="2">Finnish Journal of Social Research </span>is an annually published peer-reviewed journal focusing on research articles relevant to Finnish society. Its scope is multi-disciplinary, covering sociology, political science, and economics, as well as the other social sciences. The articles published in the journal are to be based on high-quality data and appropriate methods, quantitative or qualitative. All published articles are double-blind peer reviewed by at least two experts. <br><br>We accept submissions throughout the year. Articles will be published online (advance access) once they have been accepted.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Turun korkeakoulujen yhteiskunnallistaloudellinen tutkimusyhdistys ry en-US Finnish Journal of Social Research 2736-9749 <p>When submitting the final (accepted) version of their manuscript to Finnish Journal of Social Research, authors agree to the following terms: <br><br>1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</a> (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in Finnish Journal of Social Research. <br>2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in Finnish Journal of Social Research. <br><br>These terms are in effect from September 2020. For articles published before this time, copyright is shared between the journal and the authors.</p> Change and continuation https://fjsr.journal.fi/article/view/141520 <p>Editorial note</p> Aki Koivula Irene Prix Anna Grahn Copyright (c) 2023 Aki Koivula, Irene Prix; Anna Grahn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-12-14 2023-12-14 16 5 6 10.51815/fjsr.141520 Just a sport or a moral obligation? Football between pressures of politics, financial power and progress from Mussolini to Qatar https://fjsr.journal.fi/article/view/127824 <p>The mantra of the sportsmen, sportswomen and politicians is that “sport and politics should not mix”. In practice, it is impossible to separate sport from political, national and economic connections, or from anything that has to do with society. Disagreements over how to define what is ”political” demonstrate this.</p> <p>Today, we consider it appropriate, right, and in congruence with human values that football teams take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter -campaign, or that the captains of the national teams are entitled to wear rainbow armbands, and we don’t consider this “political”, but a human rights issue. At the same time, authoritarian regimes have made the greatest sporting events – the Olympic Games and World Cup in football – objects of their interest, in the footsteps of Mussolini, Hitler and the leaders of the Soviet Union. The gigantically rich sheikhs and oligarchs have purchased traditional, world-famous football clubs, and the human rights situation of the migrant workers and migrants in Qatar was a highly controversial issue before the latest World Cup. Russia and Belarus were expelled from most international sport events after the Russian attack against Ukraine.</p> <p>This paper deals with the history of political controversies in sports and is a part of the debate on politics in sport and economic influence on sport. It argues that the authoritarian and economic grip on sport has increased to worrying levels, but there are signs of positive development as well.</p> Vesa Vares Copyright (c) 2023 Vesa Vares https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-12-14 2023-12-14 16 43 52 10.51815/fjsr.127824 Structural evil or individual deficiency? The construction of poverty in the Finnish Parliament https://fjsr.journal.fi/article/view/126124 <p>This article examines the political standpoints and arguments related to poverty by asking how Finnish politicians understand poverty as a social problem, how they construct the poor as a group, and what policy recommendations they propose to fight poverty. Qualitative content analysis was used to examine minutiae from the interpellation debate on the increasing inequality in Finland in November 2017. Despite an increase in austerity policies and a right-wing government, the poverty discourse remained in alignment with a predominantly structural nature, showcasing the strength of ideological and contextual continuity in terms of poverty policy development.</p> Emily Vuorenlinna Mikael Nygård Janne Autto Copyright (c) 2023 Emily Vuorenlinna, Mikael Nygård, Janne Autto https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-12-14 2023-12-14 16 7 21 10.51815/fjsr.126124 Diversity in lay perceptions of social class among Finnish youth https://fjsr.journal.fi/article/view/128723 <p>This study explores young Finnish people’s lay perceptions of social class with a focus on the class terms used to form hierarchies based on their everyday understanding. Our approach is based on cultural class research, which focuses on diversity and subtle nuances of class. The participants were 519 young people ages 15 to 25. The data were collected using the word association method and analyzed by quantitative and qualitative content analyses. While 254 participants perceived Finland as having social classes, their perceptions differed from each other. Half of them formed class hierarchies with more explicit logic, and the other half used more implicit ways of forming hierarchies with diverse class terms based on themes of economy, employment, power, majority/minority, and education. Our findings show ample diversity in both the vertical and horizontal perceptions of social class among young lay people.</p> Katja Lötjönen Jari Martikainen Copyright (c) 2023 Katja Lötjönen, Jari Martikainen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-12-14 2023-12-14 16 23 42 10.51815/fjsr.128723 Citizens’ attitudes on climate policy instruments https://fjsr.journal.fi/article/view/141656 <p>Jukka Sivonen’s PhD thesis “Public attitudes on climate policy instruments: a comparative perspective in Europe” was examined at the University of Turku on 6 October 2023.</p> Jukka Sivonen Copyright (c) 2023 Jukka Sivonen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-12-14 2023-12-14 16 53 56 10.51815/fjsr.141656