The vanishing exception: republican and reactionary specters of populism in rural Spain

Franquesa, Jaume

doi:10.1080/03066150.2019.1578751

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“…Firstly, it responds to a worsening of attitudes in the Spanish population. Since 2017, there has been a change of politics, leaning towards right-wing parties with xenophobic views, who promote a narrative of 'invasion', which means the entry into power for many ultra-right parties to govern some regions in Spain for the very first time [39]. This type of speech might be associated with a transformation in attitudes towards refugees that has not been reflected in other European surveys.…”

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What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

Soriano

Cala

2019

Sustainability

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(1) Background. The increase in international conflicts and humanitarian crises has led to an increase in the movement of people to Europe. The legal and moral commitments of the European Union require the incorporation and integration of such refugees. In this sense, the school and its teaching staff are a key agent in the challenge of integrating newly arrived students. This research analyses attitudes towards inclusive European citizenship, the recognition of rights, and feelings of threat and affective reactions, experienced by future teachers towards refugees in France and Spain. (2) Methods. The investigation was carried out through a cross-sectional survey. There were 851 participants of Spanish and French nationality. (3) Results. The French future teachers showed a lower perception of any threat, and a better predisposition towards the reception of refugees than their Spanish counterparts. Women are those who show a greater recognition of the rights of refugees, and a better predisposition to their integration in Europe. French women feel less of a threat than Spanish women, and are more affective towards refugees. The main predictor of inclusive European citizenship is a low perception of threat related to refugees. (4) Conclusions. Future teachers showed sensitivity towards the accommodation of refugees, but programs that prevent growing xenophobia and discredit towards the European Union are still necessary.

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What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

Soriano

Cala

2019

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“…However, many left-wing politicians fail to gain support among rural communities, and their electorate mainly consists of the cosmopolitan urban middle class. Vertical, urban-centred left parties are unable (and often seem unwilling) to reach the rural populations and change the status quo (Hillebrand 2014;Franquesa 2019). Contesting the neoliberal hegemony requires building a different type of frontier.…”

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“…Mamonova’s () research in rural Ukraine reveals: a decline in pessimistic views about the future positively influences the smallholders’ self‐esteem and mobilises people to undertake proactive actions to defend their way of life. Likewise, Franquesa () shows that the moral ‘fight for dignity’ plays an important role in the formation of political subjectivities of Catalan rural dwellers and unites various rural and urban groups in popular democratic (agrarian) populist movements.…”

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Populism, Neoliberalism and Agrarian Movements in Europe. Understanding Rural Support for Right‐Wing Politics and Looking for Progressive Solutions

Mamonova

Franquesa

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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Right-wing populism has gained ground in Europe in recent years, with the greatest support among rural communities. Yet the European countryside remains largely overlooked in debates on the current political crisis and the ways out of it. This article aims to provide keys for understanding the connection between right-wing populism and the rural world in Europe. Our analysis unfolds around three main ideas. First, we argue that the root cause of the spread of right-wing populism is the fundamental, multidimensional crisis of globalised neoliberal capitalism, particularly pronounced in Europe's countryside. Second, we examine what role historical legacies, trajectories of agrarian change, and other national, regional and local specificities play in shaping populist movements in different rural areas in Europe. Finally, we discuss the constraints and possibilities for the emergence of agrarian (populist) movements that may offer progressive alternatives to right-wing populism in the countryside.

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“…The Basque Country is an exception to the recent growth of the far‐right ( Vox ) and ultra‐liberal ( Ciudadanos ) forces in Spain, and Europe more generally. In Spain, as Franquesa () explains, anti‐austerity mobilisations and electoral forces arising from them (like Podemos ) have helped to keep right‐wing populism at bay, until recently. However, as he points out, the urban character of these movements has failed to pay attention and expand to rural Spain, which constitutes a fertile ground for right‐wing populism.…”

Section: Basque Food Sovereignty Struggles: Engaging In Emancipatory mentioning

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Solidarities from Below in the Making of Emancipatory Rural Politics: Insights from Food Sovereignty Struggles in the Basque Country

2019

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Exclusionary and regressive politics are on the rise globally. How do food sovereignty struggles help counter these forces? We ground our analysis on how EHNE-Bizkaia, a Vía Campesina member organisation in the Basque Country, conceptualises and practices food sovereignty. Inspired by Massey's 'politics of place beyond place' and Featherstone's work on left politics and solidarity, we shed light on the ways that this organisation mobilises food sovereignty to establish political bonds between those marginalised by neo-liberalism, helping to construct political identities and enact forms of subaltern agency that challenge uneven power relations and geographies. We argue that 'solidarity from below' is key in building an emancipatory rural politics rooted in class-based alliances, intersectionality, and internationalism as well as non-exclusionary notions of sovereignty. The article provides theoretical and empirical insights on what constitutes an emancipatory politics of food sovereignty that has the potential to act as a counterforce to right-wing populism. Calvário et al.

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The vanishing exception: republican and reactionary specters of populism in rural Spain

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

Populism, Neoliberalism and Agrarian Movements in Europe. Understanding Rural Support for Right‐Wing Politics and Looking for Progressive Solutions

Solidarities from Below in the Making of Emancipatory Rural Politics: Insights from Food Sovereignty Struggles in the Basque Country

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