Signs of countrymindedness: a survey of attitudes to rural industries and people
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Article Title | Signs of countrymindedness: a survey of attitudes to rural industries and people |
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ERA Journal ID | 36154 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Cockfield, Geoff (Author) and Botterill, Linda Courtenay (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Political Science |
Journal Citation | 47 (4), pp. 609-622 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1036-1146 |
1363-030X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2012.731482 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10361146.2012.731482 |
Abstract | Some political scientists have argued that ‘countrymindedness’, a set of tenets about the importance of agriculture and rural life, is of decreasing political and social importance. There has been little empirical research to test this, so the authors conducted an exploratory survey of attitudes to rural industries and people. The results reveal that there are some differences in attitudes according to age, location, country of birth and voting intention, which fit with the ‘decline of countrymindedness’ thesis. Contrary to that, however, there is still a tendency to attribute stereotypical countryminded characteristics to rural people, strong support for farmers’ production methods, and very strong belief in the importance of agriculture to the future of the nation. Most surprisingly is that there is quite strong support for providing more government assistance to agriculture, at odds with the |
Keywords | agrarianism; countrymindedness; rural policy; rural politics; rural life; rural communities; agriculture |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440699. Human geography not elsewhere classified |
440709. Public policy | |
440801. Australian government and politics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
University of Canberra |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1q9w/signs-of-countrymindedness-a-survey-of-attitudes-to-rural-industries-and-people
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