Démobilisation et politisation de la paysannerie en Pologne depuis 1989

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Demobilization and Politicization of Polish Farmers since 1989 By opting for a form of economic modernization that was bound to profoundly transform the agricultural sector, the 1989 turnaround caused the social legitimacy of the peasantry to weaken. During the 1990s, the two main farmers’ parties, the PSL and the Samoobrona union nevertheless managed to repoliticize the “farmer issue.” The first focused on a representation of the peasant world based on a valuation of its identity and its political and social role; the second proved through the January 1999 strikes, that the peasantry was actually capable of significant mobilization. But the Samoobrona went further: by undertaking the task of political professionalisation, it has become a sort of catch-all party that addresses all social categories weakened by reform.