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Tweeten as exorcist: A response to “Sector as Personality”

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In “Sector as Personality: The Case of Farm Protest Movements,” Luther Tweeten argues that farm activism is motivated by irrational and dysfunctional traits of the “dark side” of a sector-specific farm personality. In response, this article questions the assumption that movement activism can be explained by reference to a few discrete personality traits, challenges the usefulness of the concept of a sector-specific personality, and disputes the accuracy of Tweeten's attributions of negative traits to all farm movement activists. Evidence is presented to indicate that farm activists are much more diverse in their beliefs and behavior than Tweeten's article portrays them, and it is argued that farm activism is not generally motivated by deluded conceptions of farmers' circumstances and interests. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1987

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  • Mark Lundgren, 1987. "Tweeten as exorcist: A response to “Sector as Personality”," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 4(4), pages 47-53, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:4:y:1987:i:4:p:47-53
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01530502
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    1. William Browne & Mark Lundgren, 1987. "Farmers helping farmers: Constituent services and the development of a grassroots farm lobby," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 4(2), pages 11-28, March.
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