Europeanisation and post-peasant populism in Eastern Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID8046830
AuthorsJ Buzalka (0000-0002-6449-122X, Max Planck Society, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume60
Issue5
Pages757-771
Publication date2008-06-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEurope Asia Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668130802085141
OpenAlexW2062641546
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited47

On the basis of an examination of rural social structure, traditionalist narratives and an agrarian imaginary resulting from uneven development, this article investigates the forms of political mobilisation which materialise in East European politics as ‘post-peasant populism’. Focusing on grassroots mobilisation, an analysis of the annual Corpus Christi ritual in the city of Przemyśl, south-east Poland, serves as the basis for an exploration of the theme of socially sensitive post-peasant populism as an alternative to post-socialist capitalism. This populism relies on the politicisation of the rural past and is currently influenced by ‘Europeanisation

Europeanisation · Grassroots · Peasant · Populism · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Soviet and Russian History