kriisiliike
Kriisiliike is a Finnish term used primarily in sociology and political science to describe social and political movements, campaigns, or organizational constellations that arise in response to a perceived crisis and seek rapid, sweeping action. The word combines kriisi (crisis) with liike (movement). The term is descriptive rather than formal; it refers to patterns of mobilization rather than a single organization.
In scholarly usage, kriisiliike denotes phenomena where crisis frames shape politics: actors mobilize around urgent problems,
Interpretations vary; some scholars view kriisiliike as a productive mechanism that catalyzes timely responses, while others
See also: crisis politics, emergency governance, social movement theory. Further reading includes Finnish sociological literature on