Rural Protest Groups and Populist Political Parties

Dirk Strijker

ISBN 10: 9086862594 / ISBN 13: 9789086862597

Published by Brill Nov 2015, 2015

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Neuware - 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 agricultural sector within European societies. Although there will always be grounds for agrarian protest, it seems safe to say that the heyday of agrarian populism is over.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rural Protest Groups and Populist Political Parties
• Publisher: Brill Nov 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9086862594
• ISBN 13: 9789086862597
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 170H x 17D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 503 grams

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Synopsis

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 agricultural sector within European societies. Although there will always be grounds for agrarian protest, it seems safe to say that the heyday of agrarian populism is over.