Study title

Interviews of Former Finnish Activists 2010

Dataset ID Number

FSD2632

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2632

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Malm, Toni (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Research)

Abstract

The data consist of face-to-face interviews of six persons who had been involved in radical activism in the 1990s and 2000s in Finland. The same persons had been interviewed by researcher Ari Rasimus in 2000-2001 (see FSD2371 Interviews of Finnish Activists 2000-2001). The interviewees had been members of an ecological movement or an animal rights movement, but were no longer engaged in such activism at the time of the second interview round in 2010. The main themes of the loosely constructed interviews were the interviewees' present relation to the movement, current attitudes to voluntary activism, political awareness, reasons for participating in activism and its impact on own life, and perceptions of the movement and radical activism in general.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

anarchism; environmental movements; lawful opposition; liberation movements; political movements; protest movements; social protest; voluntary organizations

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Political ideology (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Malm, Toni (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Research)
• Malm, Toni (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Time Period Covered

1995 – 2010

Collection Dates

2010

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People who had been involved in radical activism in the 1990s and 2000s and had been interviewed by researcher Ari Rasimus in 2000-2001

Time Method

Cross-section ad-hoc follow-up

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The researcher invited the people he had interviewed earlier to participate in a new interview. Six people accepted the invitation.

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

6 transcribed interviews, a total of approximately 100 pages. Each interview is a separate RTF file. In addition, HTML files based on the RTF files.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2371 Interviews of Finnish Activists 2000-2001

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data were anonymised by the researcher.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Malm, Toni (University of Helsinki): Interviews of Former Finnish Activists 2010 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2011-06-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2632

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Malm, Toni (2011). Aktivistin eetos. Seurantatutkimus 1990-luvun radikaalitoimijoista. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma.