Even state elites conceded workers full citizenship rights at peak social tension

Evidence

In a moment of unprecedented social tension, members of the state apparatus had no choice but to be receptive to these demands. In 1917, the economist Francesco Saverio Nitti, in his role as Treasury minister, had to publicly accept that the workers in the “trenches and fi elds” deserved “full rights of citizenship” and “no one could divert them.” — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 269

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar social tension forced state officials to concede citizenship rights to workers; State dependence on soldiers’ bodies secured social bargaining power; Wartime union power positioned workers to demand social rights after armistice. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 217

Broader Connections

• Postwar social tension forced state officials to concede citizenship rights to workers #corroborates (0.95)
• Wartime union power positioned workers to demand social rights after armistice. #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 217
• State dependence on soldiers’ bodies secured social bargaining power #complicates (0.75)