TRAPPED IN THE GREY ZONES : VOICING DISCONTENT AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE IN RURAL POLAND

Joanna Mroczkowska

doi:10.23858/ethp.2022.43.3140

Published: 2022-12-30 — Updated on 2023-01-26

Vol. 43 (2022)

TRAPPED IN THE GREY ZONES

Joanna Mroczkowska

Ethnologia Polona

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.23858/ethp.2022.43.3140

Abstract

Based on ethnographic research in Eastern Poland, this article deals with coping and resistance strategies in the context of present Polish agricultural policies. The author endeavours to show how Polish agricultural policy including the implementation of EU agricultural regulations force farmers to function in the grey economy. This in turn forms a (largely) politically muted group of people who are alienated not only from what they produce but also distanced from consumers and the state as imagined recipients of their goods. This has resulted in farmers employing numerous discursive and practical strategies in order to voice their discontent, cope and resist state mechanisms regulating farming.

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Poland, agriculture, resistance strategies, coping strategies, grey-zones

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Mroczkowska, J. (2023). TRAPPED IN THE GREY ZONES : VOICING DISCONTENT AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE IN RURAL POLAND. Ethnologia Polona, 43. https://doi.org/10.23858/ethp.2022.43.3140

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