Changing spaces of political encounter and the rise of anti-politics: Evidence from Mass Observation's General Election diaries

Clarke, Nick; Jennings, Will; Moss, Jonathan; Stoker, Gerry

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.10.004

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“…Petzold, 2018). Following the debate in Anglo-American political science and human geography (see contributions to this topic: Buller et al., 2019; Clarke et al., 2017, 2018; Fawcett et al., 2017), we view anti-politics as a strategy of consistently rejecting engagement in political discussions while making political statements. Clarke, who introduced the term anti-politics to human geography, defines it “as mutual withdrawal by politicians and citizens” (Clarke, 2015: 191) from established politics, its institutions and rationality.…”

Section: Anti-politics Right-wing Populism and The Ruralmentioning

confidence: 99%

The revenge of the village? The geography of right-wing populist electoral success, anti-politics, and austerity in Germany

Förtner¹,

Belina

Naumann

2020

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This paper discusses the geography of the electoral successes of the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the national election to the German parliament in September 2017. Unlike other studies that reduce the electoral pattern to differences between “the city” and “the country,” we do not accept the empirical observation of an urban-rural divide as a sufficient explanation. By doing so, this paper proposes a theorization of the urban and the rural as social relationships that can be dialectically differentiated through the all-encompassing urbanization process and which materialize through space. This approach draws on Henri Lefebvre’s work on urbanization and his understanding of “the urban” and “the rural” and integrates it with Theodor W. Adorno’s notion of “the provincial” to better characterize “the rural” as a form of social relationship in which the culturally familiar, authenticity, and a lack of difference and reflection dominate. Recent theoretical discussions of anti-politics—understood as both a mode of making political claims and a political strategy that negates arguments, negotiations, and compromise, starting instead with absolute, non-negotiable positions— inform this paper as well. Based on this theoretical foundation, we argue that the rural is the breeding ground for anti-politics and AfD votes. A discussion of three places where the AfD was particularly successful supports our argument: the more peripheral, small-town administrative district of Western Pomerania-Greifswald and the two large-city districts of Mannheim-Schönau and Pforzheim-Haidach.

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Section: Anti-politics Right-wing Populism and The Ruralmentioning

confidence: 99%

The revenge of the village? The geography of right-wing populist electoral success, anti-politics, and austerity in Germany

Förtner¹,

Belina

Naumann

2020

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…Strong currents of this favouring of the sector over the state still remain, as much evidence is showing that voluntary organisations continue to be increasingly relied upon. With growing global and within-country inequality (Stockhamer 2013), a new global order of competition between high-income nations is leading to the hollowing out of jobs (Ong 2006) and an increasing pessimism and anti-politics regarding the role of state institutions in people's lives (Clarke et al 2016;James 2014). The role of the state is arguably complicit in cultivating this disfavouring of its role in urban health systems, as it itself has sought to radically reform (that is, withdraw from) social welfare provision, and has become less visible a stakeholder as a result.…”

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Voluntary Sector and Urban Health Systems

Power¹,

Skinner²

2019

Handbook of Global Urban Health

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Beyond the role of the state and private sector, the task of responding to increasingly complex challenges in delivering urban health care in the early 21 st century is being met by the voluntary sector. This chapter outlines some of the key critical points of debate concerning how the voluntary sector has moved into this focal position. The first half of the chapter traces how the role of the voluntary sector has followed a complex trajectory since being 'rediscovered' by the state in the 1970s, defined by three phases: as panacea, paradox and precarity. The second part of this chapter explores how the voluntary sector is both 'in' and 'of' cities: voluntary organisations concentrate there, but they have also cultivated greater cultural proximity and solidarity with urban residents' local values. Yet, relying on a sector that by default is more de-centralised and organic becomes a challenge in contexts where urban space is marked by various pressures around precarity of health services. for people with mental health issues (DeVerteuil 2015), disabilities (Power and Bartlett 2015), and support needs in older age (Milligan and Wiles 2010). Fundamentally, the health 'system' should be understood as more than solely 'health services': it can include urban transport, community networks, public amenities, and educational services. Indeed, any community-led resource that helps people's health and wellbeing can be included. Taken together, the actions of the voluntary sector and volunteers, both formal and informal, are rooted in the broader philosophy of voluntarism-that is, non-coerced action by civil society, usually for public benefit, outside the constraints of the state (Brandsen et al 2005). When seen in this light, the voluntary sector is a significant player in urban health, through a myriad of different initiatives, for example, community transport schemes, urban farms, and lifelong learning groups (e.g. Men's Sheds). Rather than solely offer a review of literature, the purpose of this chapter is to outline some of the key critical points of debate concerning how the voluntary sector is evolving and responding to the increasingly complex challenges in delivering urban health care in the early 21 st century, drawing on pertinent literature where relevant. It is a chapter of two halves. The

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“…Indeed, in this regard, it is important to explore the way in which electors relate to their representatives after elections. Local institutions and cultural norms will shape the ‘spaces of encounter’ between voters and their councilors and Members of Parliament, influencing electoral behaviour and expectations in future (Clarke et al, 2017: 14).…”

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“…Democracy is thus unthinkable and unworkable without attention to its geography. Democracy requires geo-demographic boundaries (Dahl, 1989; Shapiro and Hacker-Cordón, 1999), and it works through functioning relationships between the demos and their representatives that are mediated through place and across space (Clarke et al, 2017). It is the geography of representative institutions that enables democracy’s core characteristics such as authority (identifying people who are charged to make decisions), having legitimacy for that authority and the associated responsibility, as well as accountability back to the demos.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The geo-constitution: Understanding the intersection of geography and political institutions

Wills

2018

Progress in Human Geography

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This paper draws on existing work in the discipline of human geography and cognate fields in order to develop the concept of the ‘geo-constitution’. This concept aims to: (1) highlight the importance of intersections between geography and political institutions in the constitution of government; (2) consider the path-dependent development of political institutions and their impact on statecraft and citizenship; (3) explore the implications of this for political reform. The paper provides an overview of current thinking in political geography and applies the concept of the geo-constitution to the example of devolution and localism in the United Kingdom.

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Changing spaces of political encounter and the rise of anti-politics: Evidence from Mass Observation's General Election diaries

Cited by 20 publications

References 24 publications

The revenge of the village? The geography of right-wing populist electoral success, anti-politics, and austerity in Germany

The revenge of the village? The geography of right-wing populist electoral success, anti-politics, and austerity in Germany

Voluntary Sector and Urban Health Systems

The geo-constitution: Understanding the intersection of geography and political institutions

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