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Rural Attitudes and Political Alienation: Examining Swedish Wolf Policy

This study analyzes how attitudes towards the political system influence opinions on wolf policy in Sweden, focusing on rural populations. Survey data is used to measure political trust, efficacy, and group respondents based on their views. Results highlight the impact of income, community size, and attitudes on wolf policy preferences, indicating broader political implications.

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Rural Attitudes and Political Alienation: Examining Swedish Wolf Policy

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  1. Classifying rural attitudes Political alienation, rurality and attitudestowards the Swedish wolf policy Max Eriksson Umeå University max.eriksson@pol.umu.se

  2. Aim To whatextentcanattitudestowards the political system predictattitudestowards the wolf policy? • Attitudes towards wolf policy and rurality will matter when classifyingrespondentsaccording to politicalattitudes. • Alienatedpoliticalattitudesshould be more common in the groupsthatwant to decrease the wolf policy.

  3. Theoryofpolitical alienation Political trust • Is the system fair • Is the system acting in your best interest Efficacy - Do youhave a say - Canyouaffectthe system Attitudes towards the political system Finifter, Ada. 1970. Dimensions ofpolitical alienation Paige, Jeffery. 1971. Political Orientation and Riot Participation.

  4. Methods and measurements • Political trust • Howcontentareyouwithhowdemocracyworks in yourmunicipality? • Howcontentareyouwithhowdemocracyworksnationally? Using survey data I: • Measure political trust and efficacy • Group respondents • Examinethesegroups in relation to othervariables • Efficacy • Which party do youprefer? • Areyou a convincedfollower of this party?

  5. Model Controls: Income Sick leave Unemployment Age Gender Hunter in family Reality (measured in numberofinhabitants) Attitude to the wolf policy (decrease, increase, accept)

  6. Results and implications • Wolf policy wasimportaint for lowincome respondents • And for middleincome respondents in smallercommunities. • In groupsthatfavoured a decreaseof the policy alienatedattitudesweremore common The Rurlaity and the qolf policy areissuesthatareissuesthatmatters in a broadercontext. Either the wolfpolicy is importantenough to create general discontent Or attitudestowardswolfpolicy are symptomatic of amore general politicaldiscontent that needs to be dealt with.

  7. Thankyou Contact information: Max Eriksson Umeå University max.eriksson@pol.umu.se

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