Agriculture, communities, and new social movements: East European ruralities in the process of restructuring

This paper examines the usefulness of the new social movements (NSMs) paradigm in the changing context of East European post-communist societies and their agricultural systems and rural communities. Starting with statements formulated in Western sociology in the context of Western democratic societi...

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Published inJournal of rural studies Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 161 - 171
Main Authors Gorlach, Krzysztof, Los˘ťák, Michal, Mooney, Patrick H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2008
Elsevier
Subjects
Activism
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Czech Republic
Democracy
Eastern Europe
Economic Change
Europe (East)
European History
Foreign Countries
Hungary
Local communities
Modernity
New social movements
Poland
Political Participation
Post-communist societies
Post-communist transition
Postcommunist Societies
Rural Areas
rural communities
Rurality
Social Action
Social Change
Social Movements
Social Sciences
Social Systems
Eastern European region
Poland
Czech Republic
Hungary
Europe
Czech Rep
Post-communist transition
Eastern Europe
New social movements
Rurality
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Summary:This paper examines the usefulness of the new social movements (NSMs) paradigm in the changing context of East European post-communist societies and their agricultural systems and rural communities. Starting with statements formulated in Western sociology in the context of Western democratic societies about NSMs as a protest against modernity, the paper analyses the role of such movements in the still modernizing Eastern European reality. The first part of the paper briefly examines some basic elements of the NSMs paradigm in European and American social science. The goal of this section is not only to identify the basic characteristics of NSMs, but also to identify the typical frames used by them. The second part of the paper focuses on the presence of NSMs in the communist era. Drawing on the idea of NSMs as indicators of a ‘post-materialist shift’ as well as of ‘anti-establishment’ and ‘pro-participatory democracy’, the paper examines the frames of democratic opposition in Eastern Europe before 1989. The final part of the paper considers several selected examples from Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to explore the role of NSMs in the process of shaping new ruralities during the post-communist transformation.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.12.003
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ISSN:0743-0167
1873-1392
DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.12.003