Alienation, Authenticity, and Populism in Rural Areas

This book focuses on the concept of alienation in peripheral and rural areas. It explores how is rural alienation experienced, reproduced and exploited in and across various empirical settings. It examines how rural discontent has changed and developed over the past decade and the new dynamics of rural protest. It explores the interplay of rural authenticity and rural alienation and how this affects the life of rural communities and discourses.