The "Hottest Ever January" in Germany: Farmers' Protests and the Discourse on Agriculture and Food Production

Nagel, Melanie; Gall, Anna; Tosun, Jale

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dc.contributor.author	Nagel, Melanie	de
dc.contributor.author	Gall, Anna	de
dc.contributor.author	Tosun, Jale	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-06T09:28:33Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-06T09:28:33Z
dc.date.issued	2025	de
dc.identifier.issn	2183-2463	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/104398
dc.description.abstract	Following the German Federal Government's announcement of agricultural subsidy cuts in November 2023, farmers mobilized unprecedented protests, creating what their associations celebrated as a "hot January with more protests than the country has ever seen" ("Bauern wollen 'Kampfansage' der Ampel annehmen," 2023). These actions ultimately forced the government to withdraw the proposed policy changes. Our study applies the politicization/depoliticization - policy change model to analyze the theoretical connections between politicization and policy change announcements. Using discourse network analysis, we examine the evolution of politicization/depoliticization dynamics through newspaper articles published between the initial subsidy cut announcement on November 17, 2023, and March 26, 2024. Our findings reveal a dynamic politicization process that farmers strategically amplified through protests to achieve policy reversal. Our research also identifies concerning behavioral patterns of right‐wing actors and ideological infiltration within these protests, opening avenues for further investigation.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	agri‐food policy; farmers' protests	de
dc.title	The "Hottest Ever January" in Germany: Farmers' Protests and the Discourse on Agriculture and Food Production	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/9830/4509	de
dc.source.journal	Politics and Governance
dc.source.volume	13	de
dc.publisher.country	PRT	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	spezielle Ressortpolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	Special areas of Departmental Policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Klimawandel	de
dc.subject.thesoz	climate change	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Politisierung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	politicization	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Landwirt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	farmer	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Protest	de
dc.subject.thesoz	protest	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Agrarproduktion	de
dc.subject.thesoz	agricultural production	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Agrarpolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	agricultural policy	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10061949
internal.identifier.thesoz	10042165
internal.identifier.thesoz	10037711
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
internal.identifier.classoz	10504
internal.identifier.classoz	10508
internal.identifier.journal	787
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	320
dc.source.issuetopic	The Politics of Environmental Networks	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9830	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	16
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internal.identifier.review	1
internal.dda.reference	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/9830
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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