{"id":15598,"date":"2023-05-04T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/prosjekter\/ny-misnoye-i-bygde-norge\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:25:38","slug":"ny-misnoye-i-bygde-norge","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/en\/projects\/ny-misnoye-i-bygde-norge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural reawakening in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

This rural reawakening is a societal backlash against neoliberal policy reforms, the state withdrawal from welfare provision, cultural and economic globalization, perceived threats to the \u2018rural way of life\u2019, and other changes in the countryside. Related rhetoric and protests can often take on nativist, conservative and even xenophobic expressions, making them easily slip into a right-wing populist spectrum. Many European right-wing populists came to power by exploiting and fueling the existing discontent in the countryside.<\/p>\n

While right-wing populist sentiment seems to be absent in rural Norway, rural reawakening takes place here as well. This project aims to analyze rural discontent in Norway as an indicator of what some might see as a creeping crisis of neoliberalism. We will explore the similarities and differences between rural awakening in Norway and in other Western countries. We aim to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Does Norwegian rural discontent correspond to rural populist sentiments and politics in other Western countries? If so, why does Norwegian rural discontent not have right-wing features?<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0Is rural discontent in Norway a sign of the creeping crisis of neoliberalism that develops over long periods of time before it explodes?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In media: <\/strong><\/p>\n

    23 February 2024 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0EU-b\u00f8ndene har f\u00e5tt nok<\/a>\u00a0(interview with Natalia Mamonova) Dag og Tid (IN NORWEGIAN)<\/p>\n

    02 February 2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rural sociologist: Farmer protests a reaction to \u2018the crisis of globalised agriculture\u2019<\/a>. Interview with Natalia Mamonova by EURACTIV about farmers protests in Europe (IN ENGLISH)<\/p>\n

    1 February 2024 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blame the System, Not the Farmers<\/a>. Natalia Mamonova\u2019s opinion piece on farmers protests in Europe, published by Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020) (IN ENGLISH)<\/p>\n

    26 January 2024 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Europees rechts heeft profijt van boerenprotest<\/a>. Interview with Natalia Mamonova by NRC (the Dutch national quality newspapers) about the farmers protests in Europe (IN DUTCH)<\/p>\n

    12 November 2023 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beweegt de hele EU naar rechts-radicaal populisme?<\/a> Interview with Natalia Mamonova by NRC (the Dutch national quality newspapers) about the rural dimension of right-wing populism in Europe (IN DUTCH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This rural reawakening is a societal backlash against neoliberal policy reforms, the state withdrawal from welfare provision, cultural and economic globalization, perceived threats to the \u2018rural way of life\u2019, and other changes in the countryside. 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