Regional resentment in the Netherlands: A rural or peripheral phenomenon?

Lange, Sarah; Brug, Wouter van der; Harteveld, Eelco

doi:10.1080/00343404.2022.2084527

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“…Using two different datasets, we found small but significant signs of differences regarding the input side of politics, where citizens in centralort are more satisfied with democracy than those residing outside the center. Stressing the importance of distinguishing “peripheries” from “rural areas” (e.g., Auerbach et al 2022; de Lange et al 2022)—and in line with Borwein and Lucas's (2022) finding that resentment tends to be strongest among rural residents—we found that those living in more rural areas were the most dissatisfied citizens. Additionally, we found that non‐center inhabitants differ in what political issues they perceive to be important and salient.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Interestingly, to date, several findings indicate that place‐based resentment is stronger among residents in rural districts (e.g., Borwein and Lucas 2022; Munis 2020). As argued by both Auerbach et al (2022) and de Lange et al (2022), the sources of discontent in peripheral settlements, on the one hand, and rural ones, on the other hand, may have quite different roots. In line with this research, we too maintain that this distinction merits attention in studies of place‐based discontent.…”

Section: Theory Previous Studies and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Moreover, recent contributions have argued that an important distinction needs to be made between rural communities on the one hand, and peripheral communities on the other, when geographical dimensions of anti‐establishment sentiments are analyzed (e.g., Auerbach, Eidheim, and Fimreite 2022; de Lange, van der Brug, and Harteveld 2022). Centers are always the more privileged locations, that is, these are the places where political and administrative decisions about allocations of resources are made (e.g., Rokkan and Urwin 1983).…”

Section: Theory Previous Studies and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Geographical Tensions Within Municipalities? Evidence from Swedish Local Governments^☆

2023

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When Sweden transformed its geography of local government in 1952 and 1962–1974, the number of municipalities was reduced from 2,498 to 278. The reforms were infused by the “central place theory,” which aimed to identify a larger town as the “local capital” (centralort) for each municipality. The centralort became the municipalities' political and administrative center, responsible for providing public services to surrounding settlements. Taking our point of departure in this historical legacy, as well as the literature on “geographies of discontent,” we ask whether there are geographical tensions within today's Swedish municipalities. Are there differences in satisfaction, trust, and views on the future of one's place of residence when comparing the centralort with its surrounding settlements? Using two datasets—Statistics Sweden's citizen survey carried out in 241 municipalities and Trustbarometer in 49 municipalities—we find that citizens in the centralort are more satisfied with democracy than those in peripheries, where individuals residing in the municipalities' most rural parts are the most dissatisfied. Moreover, different issues are perceived as more pressing and salient in the centralort compared to surrounding settlements.

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“…Recent elections in Canada, the United States, and Europe have been characterized by dramatic urban-rural electoral divides (Armstrong, Lucas, and Taylor 2022;Rodriguez-Pose 2018;Rodden 2019). One important source of this divide, according to recent research, is a strong sense of personal identification with place -or "place-based identity" -among voters, especially among voters in rural or peripheral places (Cramer 2016;de Lange, Brug, and Harteveld 2022;Hegewald and Schraff 2022;Trujillo and Crowley 2022;Wuthnow 2019). As pioneering ethnographic research by Katherine Cramer (2016) in Wisconsin first observed, rural place identity appears to be underpinned not only by citizens' feelings of in-group attachment to their own communities, but also, even more significantly, by out-group hostility toward places that they perceive to enjoy undeserved benefits that are not available to their own communities.…”

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Asymmetries in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Place-Based Resentment

Borwein¹,

Lucas²

2022

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This paper investigates the size, socio-demographic correlates, and political implications of place-based resentment in urban, suburban, and rural areas, with a particular focus on similarities and differences in high-resentment individuals across place types. We focus on three research questions. First, we ask how place resentment varies across all possible combinations of urban, suburban, and rural in-groups and out-groups. Second, we explore if high-resentment individuals in urban, suburban, and rural areas share similar socio-demographic and political characteristics. Finally, we investigate how citizens' satisfaction with their elected representatives, and positions on contentious and important policy issues, are related to place-based resentment. We investigate these questions using two large-scale surveys of the Canadian public. We find that place-based resentment is highly asymmetric: resentment is strongest among rural residents regardless of the target (suburban or urban) of their resentment, whereas urban and suburban residents tend to resent each other more than either group resents rural areas. We also find substantial asymmetries in the correlates and political implications of place resentment. Our findings suggest that place resentment is an important and politically consequential phenomenon across all place types, but also that the character and strength of this resentment is quite different in rural, suburban, and urban places.

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“…Our research also speaks to the literature on the socio-political dimensions of regional inequalities (Cramer, 2016;de Lange, van der Brug and Harteveld, 2022;Rodden, 2019).…”

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Emigration and Radical Right Populism

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Dehdari²,

Laitin³

et al. 2022

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An extensive literature links the rise of populist radical right (PRR) parties to immigration. We argue that another demographic trend is also significant: Emigration. The departure of citizens due to internal and international emigration is a major phenomenon affecting election outcomes via two complementary mechanisms. Emigration alters the composition of electorates but also changes the preferences of remaining voters left behind. Empirically, we establish a positive correlation between PRR vote shares and population loss at the county level across Europe. A more fine-grained panel analysis of precincts in Sweden demonstrates that the departure of local citizens raises PRR vote shares in the places left behind and that the Social Democrats are the principal losers from emigration. We explore through elite interviews and newspaper analyses how emigration produces grievances on which populists can capitalize and that established parties do not effectively address. Emigration and the frustrations it generates emerge as important sources of populist success.

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Regional resentment in the Netherlands: A rural or peripheral phenomenon?

Cited by 35 publications

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Geographical Tensions Within Municipalities? Evidence from Swedish Local Governments^☆

Geographical Tensions Within Municipalities? Evidence from Swedish Local Governments^☆

Asymmetries in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Place-Based Resentment

Emigration and Radical Right Populism

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Regional resentment in the Netherlands: A rural or peripheral phenomenon?

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Geographical Tensions Within Municipalities? Evidence from Swedish Local Governments☆

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Asymmetries in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Place-Based Resentment

Emigration and Radical Right Populism

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Geographical Tensions Within Municipalities? Evidence from Swedish Local Governments^☆

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