Activating the Countryside: Rural Power, the Power of the Rural and the Making of Rural Politics
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Against the current moment of rural doubt, we argue that the material, symbolic and relational practices of the rural continue to be articulate aspects of our politics. We term the material practices ‘rural power’ and the symbolic practices ‘the power of the rural’. The relational practices we term ‘rural constituencies’ when relations are bounded materially and ‘constituencies of the rural’ when they are bounded symbolically. We apply this framework to a critique of contemporary theory, especially mobilities research, which, we argue, typically speaks with a passive rural voice. We argue for recognising the active rural voice in the mobilisation and stabilisation of the rural.
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Such marginality underlines the need for clear protagonism of farmers along the coproduction of urban or metropolitan food policies, and an adapted methodological approach and accompaniment work in order to recreate 'rural power'.
“Such marginality underline the need of a clear protagonism of farmers along the coproduction of urban or metropolitan food policies, and an adapted methodological approach and accompanyment work in order to recreate the 'rural power' (Bell et al. 2010).”
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- Authors
- Bell, M. M., Lloyd, S. E., & Vatovec, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bell, Michael M.
- Lloyd, Sarah E.
- Vatovec, Christine
- Venue
- Sociologia Ruralis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-06-11
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 205-224
- ISSN
- 0038-0199 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9523
- OpenAlex
- W2110678754
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 18.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociologia Ruralis (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Rural development and sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Keywords
- rural power, rural politics, symbolic practices, material practices, relational practice
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