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      Ethnography and Political Opinion: Identity, Alienation and Anti-establishmentarianism in Rural Alberta

      Canadian Journal of Political Science
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          Abstract

          This article documents an ethnographic case study designed to provide deeper insight into the manifestation of political opinion in the rural areas of Alberta, Canada. Employing “a method of listening,” the study demonstrates that rural Albertans, like rural Americans, are feeling politically alienated and angry in ways that go beyond ideological preference, age or income level. In fact, the grievances unveiled in this study are connected directly to key aspects of their social identites: to thier sense of belonging as Albertans, as “ordinary citizens” and as explicitly rural. Importantly, these forms of alienation are often experienced as being layered, frequently melting into each other and strongly informing both these citizens’ strong support for anti-establishment politics and the rather negative fashion in which they interpret the plight of newcomers to Canada and of Indigenous Canadians.

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          Cet article présente une étude de cas ethnographique conçue pour fournir un aperçu plus approfondi de l’expression de l'opinion politique dans les zones rurales de l'Alberta, au Canada. En utilisant « une méthode d'écoute », l'étude démontre que les Albertains ruraux, comme les Américains ruraux, se sentent politiquement aliénés et en colère d'une manière qui va au-delà de la préférence idéologique, de l'âge ou du niveau de revenu. En fait, les griefs dévoilés dans cette étude sont directement liés à des aspects clés de leur identité sociale : à leur sentiment d'appartenance en tant qu'« Albertains », en tant que « citoyens ordinaires » et en tant qu'habitants explicitement « ruraux ». Il est important de noter que ces formes d'aliénation sont souvent vécues comme étant superposées, se fondant souvent les unes dans les autres et structurant la forte adhésion des citoyens ruraux aux politiques anti-établissement et la manière plutôt négative dont ils interprètent la situation critique des nouveaux arrivants au Canada et des Canadiens autochtones en général.

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                Canadian Journal of Political Science
                Can J Pol Sci
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0008-4239
                1744-9324
                March 2021
                October 26 2020
                March 2021
                : 54
                : 1
                : 1-22
                Article
                10.1017/S0008423920000694
                69983c00-c5bb-43a7-bd33-34890de39018
                © 2021

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