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The radicalisation of rural resistance: How hunting counterpublics in the Nordic countries contribute to illegal hunting

Von Essen, Erica; Hansen, Hans Peter; Nordström Källström, Helena; Peterson, Nils; Peterson, Tarla

Sammanfattning

Populist hunting movements have risen in recent years to safeguard rural interests against nature conservation. In extreme cases this movement has been accompanied by the illegal hunting of protected species. Using Sweden and Finland as a case study, the article elucidates how the perceived exclusion of hunters in the public debate on conservation mobilised this subculture toward resistance against regulatory agencies. Establishment of an alternative discursive platform comprising several ruralities - counterpublic in Negt and Kluge's original term - allowed hunters to publicise oppositional needs, interests and rationalities in the debate, and was a key juncture in their radicalisation trajectory. Finally the paper argues that failure to grant recognition to the counterpublic radicalised some individuals beyond counterpublic by engaging in illegal hunting. This practice is marked by the termination of political debate with society and represents a danger to political legitimacy.

Nyckelord

Radicalisation; Poaching; Subculture; Illegal hunting; Rural resistance; Recognition

Publicerad i

Journal of Rural Studies
2015, Volym: 39, sidor: 199-209

      SLU författare

          • Globala målen

          Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald

          UKÄ forskningsämne

          Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
          Kulturgeografi
          Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)

          Publikationens identifierare

          DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.11.001

          Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

          https://res.slu.se/id/publ/65948