Understanding Rural Red Communities: Socialist History and Structural Causes of Contemporary Ideologies in North Dakota

dc.contributor.authorMathews, Marisa Nicole
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T20:28:36Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T20:28:36Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe rural-urban divide is discussed between scholars (Pew Research Center, 2018), politicians (Siegler, 2020), and everyday Americans (Badger, 2019). Those in urban blue states (majority voting Democrat) blame those in rural red states (majority voting Republican) for being racist, sexist, and homophobic and rural red states blame urban blue states for being bleeding hearts, lazy, and elitist (Hochschild, 2016, p. 227). This research brings a nuanced perspective to common perceptions of rural red communities. Through historical research of the socialist movement in North Dakota and interviews of rural North Dakotans, I analyze the broader reasons for a Republican majority. I discuss how North Dakotans reconcile this history with the current Republican majority by using a capitalist lens. Additionally, I discuss how the structural conditions of the economy, religion, and race in North Dakota result in an ideological fear of outsiders and reinforce a shared rural identity and cultural conservatism.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/32743
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Rural Red Communities: Socialist History and Structural Causes of Contemporary Ideologies in North Dakotaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ndsu.advisorWeber, Christina
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities, and Social Sciencesen_US
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.departmentSociology and Anthropologyen_US

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