Faut-il devenir populiste pour sauver la planète ?
C'est la question que je pose dans cette nouvelle note pour la @fondationjjaures.bsky.social ⤵️
Structural conditions - car dependency, fragile local economies, and limited access to public services make climate policies materially harder to bear.
Cultural narratives - rural identity, place attachments, a sense of belonging & perceived distance from urban decision shape policy interpretation
How can we best understand discontent with climate policies?
Drawing on geo-coded survey data from France and 53 in-interviews with rural residents across three different regions, I show that rural discontent isn't just about pocketbook concerns. It reflects the influence of 2 intertwined forces:
Conclusion : What looks like a simple urban-rural divide is really the cumulative effect of territorial inequalities that climate policy lands on unevenly. And these inequalities become politically explosive when they intersect with narratives of who rural people are, and what their life is worth.
As shown here, structural conditions (car dependency, industrial employment, economic vulnerability, lack of public services) are more concentrated in rural areas (Fig. 1), and they significantly predict lower climate policy support (Fig. 2)
This has real implications for how we design and communicate the green transition across diverse territories.
Thanks to all those who helped along the process by giving such useful comments!
The article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Had a great time speaking at the @hertiesustain.bsky.social yesterday on how to fight climate disinformation.
My key message: disinformation doesn't thrive in a vacuum, it succeeds where people bear the costs of the transition without feeling heard. The best response starts with better policies.
But survey data can't tell you why these constraints produce discontent.
Only by talking to people do you see that material grievances and cultural ones (around identity, belonging, and a rural way of life) are inseparable.
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Happy to see my new article out in the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
As the green transition produces new lines of conflict in Europe, I provide an account of how place shapes discontent with climate policies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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