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Institutional Change in Germany’s Farmers Associations: Impacts of the Dairy Conflict

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Institutional Change in Germany’s Farmers Associations: Impacts of the Dairy Conflict
 
Creator Alpmann, Jan
Bitsch, Vera
 
Subject dairy conflict; farmer associations; grounded theory; institutional change; milk strike
 
Description The abolishment of the milk quota, increasing fluctuation in milk prices and further economic and emotional factors resulted in the so called dairy conflict. The paper focuses specifically on the conflict between the German Farmers’ Association and the Federal Dairy Farmers Association resulting in two milk delivery strikes as culmination points within the conflict. Objectives of the study were to analyze the main conflict indicators, the conflict pattern and the process of change in the agricultural association structure in Germany. The basic methodology is a qualitative research approach. Main data collection methods are in-depth interviews and qualitative document analysis. Results show a high cross-linking between the abolishment of the milk quota and identified emotional key drivers. Structural consequences of this conflict can be seen in the reduction of political influence of the German Farmers’ Association.
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2013-11-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/425
10.18461/ijfsd.v4i2.425
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 4, No 2 (2013); 140 - 148
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/425/333