CIĄGŁOŚĆ I NIECIĄGŁOŚĆ WIEJSKICH RUCHÓW SPOŁECZNYCH W POLSCE — TOŻSAMOŚCI, REPERTUARY PROTESTU I STRATEGIE DZIAŁANIA
IDENTITIES, REPERTOIRES, GENERATIONS — CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY IN RURAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse rural social movements in Poland.The authors strive to analyse the identities, goals and methods by whichthese movements’ activists operate. They distinguish three periods of socialmobilisation. The first, covering the 1980s, was tied to the process of an activepolitical opposition taking shape in Poland; the next was the early 1990s, so thefirst years of the systemic transformation; and the third — the active involvementof rural social movements after 2015. The analysis presented here concerns aboveall the manner in which the farmers covered by the research perceive rural socialmovements and themselves, and takes into account the economic, political andsocial contexts. The authors strive to provide answers regarding whether andwhat social processes and events were of key significance for individual andcollective identity. They draw attention to the importances of global crises and their impact on strategies of social mobilisation and the respondents’ ways of reasoning.Aspects of interest to them include the generational differences and how they affectthe respondents’ perception of their involvement in protests, and the situationof such people as themselves. The conclusions from the analysis indicate thatthe local perspective is intermingling with the perspective confirming that ruralinhabitants are exposed to the influence of changing factors that transcend nationalborders.

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