Regions, emotions and left-behindness: a phase model for understanding the emergence of regional embitterment
Discontent is an important feature of ‘left-behind places’, often reflected by a high percentage of voting for populist parties. Drawing on insights from psychology, we extend previous analyses by focusing on collective embitterment as the central underlying emotional state in a region. Arguing that...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Regional studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 58, Issue: 6, Pages: 1207-1218 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0591 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00343404.2023.2218886 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2218886
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| Author Notes: | Matthias Hannemann, Sebastian Henn, Susann Schäfer |
| Summary: | Discontent is an important feature of ‘left-behind places’, often reflected by a high percentage of voting for populist parties. Drawing on insights from psychology, we extend previous analyses by focusing on collective embitterment as the central underlying emotional state in a region. Arguing that such negative emotions do not arise ‘out of the blue’, we develop a four-phase model of regional embitterment that accounts for the emotional characterisation of and the level of embitterment among the population, as well as the role of policy interventions. Based on a case study in East Thuringia, we conclude that emotions should be given more attention in future studies. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 24.01.2025 Online veröffentlicht: 12. Juli 2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1360-0591 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00343404.2023.2218886 |