Social movements as an instrument of struggle for social justice. Some reflections based on the example of protests of (not only) Polish farmers

Krzysztof Gorlach and Grzegorz Foryś

Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), 2023, vol. 198, issue 01

Abstract: In the humanities and social sciences, social justice is a multidimensional concept. It is considered in the context of social well-being, universal human rights, and the idea of ​​the good life. After referring to these concepts, the authors analyze farmers' protests in this article, placing them in the context of social movement theory, with particular emphasis on relative deprivation as the main cause of protest activities. Then, they consider protests organized by Polish farmers in the period from the mid-19th century to the present day, showing their basic demands. These considerations lead to the conclusion that all protests focused on ideas rooted in the aforementioned dimensions of social justice.

Keywords: Public; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/344821/files/R ... %20rolnik%C3%B3w.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:polvaa:344821

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344821

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo) from Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().