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Unexpected Counter-Movements to Nationalism: the Hidden Potential of Local Food Communities

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  • Svensson Sara

    (Halmstad University, Sweden; Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, Hungary)

  • Balogh Péter

    (Institute for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Budapest, Hungary)

  • Cartwright Andrew

    (Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, Hungary)

Abstract

This article identifies a hitherto understudied element of local food communities, namely their potential as counter-movements to nationalist discourses, practices and policies. This potential should be particularly valuable in Eastern Europe, where European integration has been severely contested over the past years by political elites. We support our argument by a closer qualitative inquiry into two cases; one with urban-rural dimensions in the metropolitan area of Budapest and one in a more sparsely populated cross-border region at the Slovak-Hungarian border. Based on 18 interviews with coordinators, producers and consumers, numerous visits to both sites, and studying the organisations’ documents we conclude that the growth of local food communities contributes to strengthened solidarity in local communities. Although nationalist discourses on buying domestic are rarely contested explicitly, the lack of any reference to national movements and discourses testifies to the primary importance of the local.

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  • Svensson Sara & Balogh Péter & Cartwright Andrew, 2019. "Unexpected Counter-Movements to Nationalism: the Hidden Potential of Local Food Communities," Eastern European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 25(1), pages 37-61, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eaeuco:v:25:y:2019:i:1:p:37-61:n:2
    DOI: 10.12775/eec.2019.002
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