Right‐Wing Populism in Rural Europe. Introduction to the Special Issue

Mamonova, Natalia; Franquesa, Jaume

doi:10.1111/soru.12306

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“…Yet the growth ambitions of these companies, and their investors, fail to offer the kind of economic localism which might counter the concentration of wealth and power in the food system. Finally, localism when framed as food security resonates strongly with protectionist and authoritarian populist claims (Mamonova and Franquesa 2020). This troubling tendency towards local protection over regional or global cooperation has been amplified by the pandemic while simultaneously threatening the capacity for a coordinated international response.…”

Section: Containment As Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sanitizing agri-food tech: COVID-19 and the politics of expectation

Reisman

2021

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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Several emerging technologies for agri-food systems are promoted by supporters as alleviating the instabilities of COVID-19 and thus increasingly necessary and inevitable. Compelled to pivot towards the pandemic, technologists align their projects with narratives of safety, security and resilience. This paper highlights the political contours of these technologies, arguing that proposed innovations are far from neutral paths toward a more sanitary and secure agri-food future. Most are limited in their capacity to disrupt patterns of racial and geopolitical hierarchy, ecological precarity, and concentrated power in the food system, or to fulfill pandemic relief promises in their current form.

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Section: Containment As Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sanitizing agri-food tech: COVID-19 and the politics of expectation

Reisman

2021

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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“…In addition, the challenge of shrinking and ageing peripheral regions, especially those outside the perimeter of larger agglomerations, is not limited to Germany but is evident in many countries around the world. Thus, a discussion on responsibility and distribution of resources is of great importance globally, especially considering the increasing tendency towards political radicalisation, particularly in rural areas (Mamonova & Franquesa, 2020). Due to the decrease in financial and social resources in rural and peripheral regions, NCE infrastructure is particularly affected.…”

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confidence: 99%

Non-Formal Cultural Infrastructure in Peripheral Regions: Responsibility, Resources, and Regional Disparities

Fobel

2022

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Non-formal cultural education (NCE) infrastructure has recently been at the centre of discussion regarding the promotion of equal opportunities as well as social cohesion and resilience. The German government strives to ensure equivalent living conditions, including access to education throughout the country. Although NCE infrastructure is considered a service of general interest, it is a voluntary service that districts are not obliged to provide. Research shows that NCE infrastructure provision and funding vary significantly between regions and that qualitative case analyses are needed to adequately contextualise key factors for the provision of NCE infrastructure. These developments and findings raise many questions against the background of spatially differentiated socio-economic landscapes. The article analyses two peripheral regions in Germany by examining key factors for the local provision of NCE infrastructure based on content analysis of qualitative interviews. This article aims to understand how NCE infrastructure is provided in peripheral regions to discuss the effect of these dynamics on the development of equivalent living conditions in Germany. The results show that citizens in peripheral areas have found alternative ways of providing NCE infrastructure due to the lack of financial resources available from the public sector. Self-responsibilisation, civic engagement, and individual commitment provide and sustain large parts of NCE infrastructure in rural areas. These developments impede the provision of equivalent living conditions in Germany while enabling a more resilient community through civic engagement. This article, therefore, provides an important contribution to the discourse on social and regional inequality.

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“…Previous studies demonstrate that rural resistance can be mobilised among communities against the closure of schools or hospitals (Taghizadeh 2015;Fuglestad & Almås 2020), but also against central decisions about the setting up of wind turbines (Anshelm & Simon 2016) or global trends of rising petrol prices. Patterns of resistance include demonstrations for local food sovereignty (Ayres & Bosia 2011) as well as populist right-wing movements (Mamonova & Franquesa 2020) and hunting movements seeking to safeguard rural interests against allegedly state-driven nature conservation efforts (von Essen et al 2015). In a discussion of rural resistance, Scoones and colleagues (2018, 1) suggest that a new political moment is in progress, partially manifested in "the rise of distinct forms of authoritarian populism".…”

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What can geographers do for shrinking geographies?

Syssner¹

2023

Fennia

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For parts of the sparsely populated areas, the trends of globalisation, urbanisation and deindustrialisation constitute difficult circumstances. Population decline, escalating dependency ratios, lack of human and financial resources, and diminishing commercial and public services form part of lived experience in many of these areas. This paper discusses what geographers can do for these territories. The paper suggests that geographers can aid in understanding and demonstrating (a) how resources have been distributed in space over time and (b) why patterns of resource distribution take the shape they do. Geographers can also illuminate (c) what it means to live, work, and operate in shrinking, rural territories. Geographers could also (d) make implicit geographical imaginations explicit, (e) elucidate how shrinkage is dealt with by various policy actors, and (f) point to alternative policy directions. The paper also suggests that geographers in the Nordic countries could enrich an international research field of studies of shrinkage by (g) providing case studies or comparative studies from a Nordic context.

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Right‐Wing Populism in Rural Europe. Introduction to the Special Issue

Cited by 23 publications

References 12 publications

Sanitizing agri-food tech: COVID-19 and the politics of expectation

Sanitizing agri-food tech: COVID-19 and the politics of expectation

Non-Formal Cultural Infrastructure in Peripheral Regions: Responsibility, Resources, and Regional Disparities

What can geographers do for shrinking geographies?

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