UID:
kobvindex_HPB927168811
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789086868070
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908686807X
Content:
Some agricultural or rural protest groups in the Western world evolved into political parties - often of a populist nature - whereas others did not. This book is the first to explore under which conditions this happens, and to what extent current populist parties have agricultural or rural ties and related agendas. Well-known authors with a background in rural studies or in political sciences describe and analyse the situation in a number of Western countries (the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, Finland). The contributions in this book show that the accessibility and responsiveness of the political system and the institutionalized agrarian interest groups, as well as the existing political landscape, are influencing the decisions of rural protest groups to found a political party. However, nowadays the chances of these parties being successful are small due to the declining share of the agricu.
Note:
Preface; List of contributors; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; D. Strijker1*, G. Voerman2 and I.J. Terluin3; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Rural protest groups; 1.3 Populist parties; 1.4 Concluding remarks; References; 2. Explaining rural protest: a comparative analysis; M. Woods; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Placing rural protests in historical context; 2.3 Towards a comparative model of rural protest; 2.4 Britain: an unexpected rural uprising?; 2.5 Australia: marginalised militancy; 2.6 France: fragmented rural radicalism; 2.7 Conclusion; References
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3. Rural protest groups in the NetherlandsD. Strijker1* and I.J. Terluin2*; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Anti-modernist farmers; 3.3 Action-oriented farmers; 3.4 Progressive farmers' coalitions; 3.5 Non-farmers' coalitions; 3.6 Concluding remarks; References; 4. Actors in the distance: rural protests in the UK and the parliamentary parties; M. Reed; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Social movements and political parties; 4.3 Rural protests between the wars; 4.4 Mass mobilisation (1991-2003); 4.5 Into the post-political (2003-2011); 4.6 Conclusion; References
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5. The Confédération Paysanne and the political field: a conflicted historyI. Bruneau; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Facing majority unionism and political authorities: the history of a double confrontation (1970-2000); 5.3 The anti-globalisation era and various uses of 'union independence' (1999-2005); 5.4 Concluding remarks; References; Annex; 6. Austrian pastoral: rural protest at the margins of a hegemonic policy landscape; F. Seifert; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The hegemony of the People's Party in agricultural policy; 6.3 Hegemony through adaptation; 6.4 Dissenting voices
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6.5 Two protest movements in recent years6.6 Conclusion: the pastoral conserved; References; 7. Farm protest and militancy in Australia: supporting or under-mining interest-group politics?; D.R. Halpin; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The amalgamation of farmer organisations in New South Wales; 7.3 Amalgamation of farmer organisations in the rest of Australia; 7.4 Cementing a professional interest-group system: containing militants and embracing protest; 7.5 At the crossroads: militancy versus corporatism; 7.6 Controlling the militants
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7.7 Corporatism and the professionalisation of the National Farmers' Federation7.8 Conclusion; References; 8. Contemporary populism, the agrarian and the rural in Central Eastern and Western Europe; S.L. de Lange* and M. Rooduijn*; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Defining populism; 8.3 Types of populism; 8.4 Empirical manifestations of populism; 8.5 Agrarian populism, populist voting and rural support; 8.6 Conclusion; References; 9. The Polish Self-Defence party: from agrarian protest to the politics of populism, 1991-2007; B. Stanley; Abstract; 9.1 Introduction
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3920/978-90-8686-807-0
URL:
Wageningen Academic
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URL:
http://edepot.wur.nl/364605
