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    THE RADICAL RIGHT AND LAND USE PLANNING: A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF CONFLICTAuthor(s): CHARLES C. GEISLERSource: International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Autumn 1982), pp. 211-228Published by: International JournalsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41421543.

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    THE

    RADICAL

    RIGHT

    AND LAND USE

    PLANNING:

    A

    POLITICAL

    ECOLOGY

    OF

    CONFLICT

    CHARLES C. GEISLER

    Cornell

    niversity

    International

    eview

    f Modern

    ociology982,

    ol.

    12

    Autumn):Pp211-228)

    There re

    many

    ndicators

    f

    radical

    right

    esurgence

    n

    the

    United

    States

    most

    f

    which

    ccur n

    conflict

    ituations. uch

    a

    resurgence

    signals

    a

    challenge

    o

    state

    and

    regional

    initiatives

    n

    land

    use

    planning

    given

    the

    radical

    righs

    commitment

    o

    unabridged

    ri-

    vate

    property

    ights

    nd

    decentralized

    ocal

    control

    Research

    on

    radical

    right

    bstructionism

    o

    resource

    lanning

    was

    conducted

    n

    Wisconsin

    where

    ecent

    ailures

    in

    land

    use

    planning

    have

    been

    attributed

    o

    right

    wing

    extremism.

    ocal

    control

    was

    positively

    associatedwithmultiplemeasures fextremismbutextremismail-

    ed

    to

    explainopposition

    o

    land use

    planning

    when

    measure

    of

    political

    ecology

    and

    other

    background

    ariables

    were

    controlled.

    The

    mplicationsor

    public

    policy

    in

    conflict-prone

    reas such

    as

    land

    use

    planning

    re

    discussed

    The lower

    middle

    class

    the

    small

    manufacturer

    the

    shopkeeper9

    the

    rtisian

    the

    easant

    all

    these

    fight gainst

    the

    bourgeoisie

    to

    save

    from

    extinction

    heir

    existence

    as

    fractionsof

    the

    middle

    class. They re therefore otrevolutionarybut conservative. ay

    more

    they

    re

    reactionary.

    .

    Karl Marx

    (. 9S9[1848]:332

    There is considerable

    vidence

    that

    what

    Durkheim

    1964)

    referred o

    as shared

    normative

    nderstandings'*

    n

    society

    re,

    in

    the

    contemporary

    United

    States,

    no

    longer

    hared.

    The

    reemergence

    f the

    radical

    right,

    and

    its

    polarizing

    ffects

    n

    such national

    debates as

    gun

    control

    nd

    the

    Panama Canal

    Treaties,

    abortion

    and the

    Equal

    Rights

    Amendment,

    property

    axes and

    omnibus and

    use

    legislationendsupport o thisview.The liberal

    Brookings

    nstitute owhas its conservative

    ounterpart,

    he

    American

    Enterprise

    nstitute,

    nd

    the Jewish

    ommunity,

    aving

    pon-

    sored

    much

    of the

    original

    research

    n

    the

    radical

    right

    hrough

    he Anti-

    Defamation

    League

    (Lipset

    and

    Raab,

    1978),

    s

    itself

    urning

    ight

    n

    both

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    212

    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW F

    MODERN

    OCIOLOGY

    Israel and theUnitedStates Rosenberg nd Howe, 1977). The title f a

    recent

    New

    York Times

    editorial,

    The

    Charge

    of

    the

    Right Brigade ,

    captures

    he mood of

    editorials

    cross the

    country.

    The

    scholarly

    nterest

    n

    radical

    right

    xtremism

    s

    not

    new.

    It can

    be

    traced

    to

    William

    Graham

    Sumner's concern for the

    forgotten

    man

    (1918),

    to

    Karl

    Mannheim's

    nvestigations

    f

    conservative

    opposition

    to

    the

    rise

    of modern

    rationalism

    1927),

    and to

    Ortegay

    Gasset's

    classic,

    The Revolt

    of

    the

    Masses

    (1932).

    The mass

    psychology

    of

    fascism and

    the

    chilling

    effect

    f the

    McCarthyism

    have

    prompted

    ntensive

    ocial

    science

    research

    on

    extremism

    during

    and

    after

    World

    War II

    (e.g.,

    Fromm,

    1941;

    Bettelheim,

    1943;

    Adorno,

    t

    al.,

    1950;

    Hofstadter,

    955;

    Kornhauser,

    1959;

    Upset,

    1960;

    Shils,

    1961;

    Reissman,

    1971;

    Coser and

    Howe, 1977;

    Steinfels,

    9

    79;

    Hunter,

    1980).

    Certainreviews

    f

    scholarship

    dealing

    with

    he

    radical

    right,

    however,

    suggest

    that

    conceptualization

    behind

    this

    epithet

    s

    in

    disarray.

    The

    studies re

    marked

    with nternal

    inconsistencies

    Abcarian

    and

    Stanage,

    1965),

    with

    validity

    problems

    (Miller

    and

    Reissman,

    1961;

    Jackman,

    1972;

    Lipsitz,

    1965),

    and

    with

    conspicuous

    neglect

    of

    structural

    ircumstances

    ngendering

    eactionary

    consciousness

    Zeitlin,

    1967).

    Theobjectiventhe present esearchis to examinethe allegedlyright

    wing

    nature

    f

    local

    resistence

    o non-local

    and use

    regulation.

    n the

    one

    hand,

    there

    s

    compelling

    ace

    validity

    n

    the notion hat he

    trident

    all for

    local

    control

    is motivated

    by

    a

    political

    onservatism

    ostile

    o

    planning

    in

    general

    nd

    to

    planning

    which

    bridges

    property

    ights

    n

    particular.

    As

    such,

    right

    wing

    extremism

    may

    underlie he

    perennial

    onflict

    etween

    private

    andownership

    nd

    this

    expression

    f

    social

    control. On

    the other

    hand,

    the

    ncoherency

    f much

    radical

    right

    xposition

    eaves ts

    influence

    upon

    local

    belligerence

    pen

    to

    question,

    f

    not to

    alternative

    nterpreta-

    tions.

    One

    such

    alternative

    s

    that

    political ecology

    a

    structural

    ondi-

    tion delineates basic supportand oppositionforsuchplanning nd is

    therefore

    ssential

    o

    understanding

    onflict

    n this

    strategic

    olicy

    area.

    The

    Radical

    Right

    nd

    Land

    U se

    Planning

    To

    many

    and use

    planners,

    ightwing

    extremism

    as

    been

    the

    bete

    noire

    of

    their

    attempts

    o

    rationalize

    balkanized,

    nconsistent,

    nd en-

    vironmentally

    njurious

    roperty

    ystem.

    Nationally,

    he

    Farm

    Bureau,

    the

    National

    Association

    of

    Manufacturers,

    he

    U.S.

    Chamber

    of

    Commerce

    and

    still

    more conservative

    roups,

    uch as

    the

    Liberty Lobby,

    have

    led

    successful

    offensives

    gainst

    national and

    use

    planning egislation

    n

    the1970s

    Reilly,

    1977;

    Popper,

    1981).1 Reports

    on state land use

    planning

    lSeveral

    onservative

    oundations,

    uch

    as

    the

    Sabre

    n Wisconsin

    nd

    the

    Heritage

    oundation

    n

    Washington,

    rovide

    esearchnd

    documentation

    or

    uch

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    THE

    RADICAL IGHT

    AND

    LAND

    USE

    PLANNING

    213

    initiativesn suchstates s New York, California,Utah,Vermont, lorida,

    and

    Wisconsin

    suggest

    resistance

    by

    a

    vociferous

    adical

    right

    s

    do,

    in

    their

    wn

    fashion,

    he

    Sagebrush

    and

    Tundra rebellions n the

    western

    states

    and Alaska.2

    Invariably,

    the

    central ssues are

    the

    unfettered

    ur-

    suit

    of

    happiness

    hrough

    rivate

    roperty

    ights

    n

    the

    one

    hand

    and

    the

    encroachments

    f

    federal,

    tate

    or

    regionalgovernments

    n

    local

    urisdic-

    tional

    domains

    on

    the other

    (Agger

    et

    al.,

    1964;

    Newby

    et

    al.,

    1978;

    Geisler,

    1979).

    An

    example

    s the ocal

    opposition

    to

    regional

    land use

    planning

    in

    Pennsylvania's randywine

    iver

    Basin.

    Some

    observers educe

    this

    oppo-sition o McCarthyism ;hardened conservatisms attributed o

    oppo-

    nents' status

    as

    farmers

    and

    blue collar

    workers ,

    to

    their

    lack

    of

    refinement

    burly

    and

    rough poken )

    and to

    their

    mpotence

    to

    prevent

    past

    government

    ntervention'1

    Strong, 957:7).

    Similar

    portrayals

    re

    made

    of

    n-holding roperty

    wner

    associations

    in

    Yosemite

    and Yellowstone

    National

    Parks

    and

    in New York

    State's

    AdirondackPark.

    In

    Wisconsin,

    a

    statewide

    ystem

    f

    regional

    planning

    ommissions

    as been

    challenged

    in

    recent

    years

    by

    the

    withdrawal

    f some 350 local

    government

    nits;

    at

    least

    one

    faction

    instrumental

    n

    this

    dismantling rocess

    has been

    des-

    cribedas rightwing vigilantes Hoffman, 977:2).

    An

    alluring

    question

    about

    the

    opposition

    to

    centralized land use

    planning

    efforts

    s whether

    ts

    alleged

    radical

    right

    haracter

    manates

    from

    trictly

    deological

    sources

    or from

    nticipated

    material

    eopardy

    and

    economic

    insecurity

    mong

    property

    wners

    hould such

    regulation

    ake

    effect.3

    nterestingly,

    he

    radical

    right

    as

    been viewedas

    dispossessed

    (Bell

    ,1962),

    but

    with

    respect

    o

    loss

    of

    status,

    power

    nd cultural

    dentity

    rather

    than

    material

    dispossession.

    n

    other

    words,

    xtremism

    ends

    to

    be

    viewedas

    a

    social

    pathology

    r

    psychological yndrome

    hared

    by

    socially

    alienated

    individuals.

    The

    social

    pathologists ,

    as

    C.

    Wright

    Mills

    efforts

    see

    Sabre,

    972

    nd

    Stitch,

    974).

    One of

    the

    better

    osition apers xpress-

    ing

    the

    conservative

    pposition

    o

    national

    and use

    planning

    s

    by

    McLaughry

    (1975).

    2The

    agebrush

    nd

    Tundra

    ebellions

    efero

    widespreadupport

    n

    theWest nd

    in

    Alaska

    ar he

    onversion

    ffederal

    overnment

    ands-

    ome

    0

    percent

    f which

    lie

    n

    the ar

    Western

    tates

    to

    private

    omain

    ubject

    omarket

    orces. onservative

    Senator

    rrin

    atch

    R-Utah' champion

    f

    the

    ause,

    has

    called for a second

    Americ:n

    evolution

    n

    theWest

    which ould

    ccomplish

    his

    conversion

    Webb,

    1981).

    3Readers

    amiliar

    ith

    and

    use

    planning

    ontroversies

    ill

    ecognize

    his

    s the

    taking ssue that s, thesentimentmong ropertywners, suallyormulated

    in

    egal

    hallenges

    o land

    use

    regulations,

    hat

    uch

    egulation

    mounts

    o confisca-

    tion

    of

    property

    ights

    arred

    by

    the

    Fifth

    nd Fourteenth

    mendments

    f

    the

    Constitution.

    or further

    laboration,

    ee

    Bosseimen

    t

    al.,

    1972).

    he

    expropriation

    threat

    s

    mentioned

    n

    passing

    yStrong

    1975:7)

    nd

    Agger

    t.ah,

    1964:557-8),

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    214

    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW

    F

    MODERNOCIOLOGY

    (1943:170)noted a generation go, tendto slippaststructureo focuson

    isolated

    ituations ,

    hus,

    eeingproblems

    s

    problems

    f

    individuals .

    The

    argument

    eveloped

    n the

    present

    research

    is one

    of

    political

    ecology.

    Extreme

    opposition

    to

    social

    control

    over

    propertyrights

    s

    construed as

    a

    structural

    ilemma direct

    r indirect

    ccupational

    depen-

    dence

    on

    a viable

    private

    roperty

    ystem-

    rather han

    as social

    pathology.

    What is

    a

    transfer

    f

    property ights

    o a

    professional

    and

    use

    planner

    s

    perceived

    s

    dispossession

    nd

    deprivation

    y

    the title

    holder;

    this

    sense

    of

    dispossession

    is

    a

    seriously

    nderestimated

    orce

    behind

    strident ocal

    control

    nd

    reactionary esponses

    o social control.

    The notable force

    behind the

    rejection

    f and use

    regulation

    s, in otherwords,thematerial

    alienation f

    property

    ights

    rather

    than a

    generalized

    social

    alienation

    loosely

    referred

    o as

    right

    wing

    extremism.

    Hypotheses

    Radical

    right

    extremism s

    a

    hydra-headed

    notion,

    the

    underlying

    dimensions

    f

    which

    have

    been enumerated

    and

    categorized

    in

    various

    ways

    e.g.,

    Wolfinger

    t

    al.

    1964;

    Abcarian

    and

    Stanage,

    1965;

    Lipset

    and

    Raab,

    1970).

    It is

    an

    ethos,

    ll-definednd

    abstract.

    or

    some,

    t

    s

    an

    exag-

    gerated private regarding syndromewhose adherentsdisregard he

    greater

    ublic

    nterest;

    or

    others,

    it

    is a

    broad

    cognitive

    estalt

    nifying

    many

    fragments

    f

    middle

    America

    nto

    a

    controversial

    social

    move-

    ment. Whatever ts

    true

    nature,

    those

    exhibiting

    ne

    right

    wing

    charac-

    teristic

    are

    frequently

    iewed

    as

    subscribers

    o

    the

    whole

    cloth

    of

    right

    wing

    extremism.

    hus,

    it

    often

    s

    said

    that

    detractors

    f

    centralized

    and

    use

    planning

    re

    characterized

    y

    a

    range

    of

    traditional

    beliefs,

    lack

    of

    sophist

    ation,

    working

    lass

    status,

    owerlessness,

    nd

    even

    authoritarian

    personalities.

    Failure to

    differentiate

    his

    supposed

    family

    of radical

    right

    harac-

    teristicsmay blur the social dynamics f land use conflictmore than t

    illuminates hem.

    Not

    only

    does

    it

    bring

    crude

    nd

    potentially

    nreliable

    unity

    o

    what

    are

    often

    uite

    disparate

    ocial

    dimensions,

    ut t

    can

    divert

    analytic

    ttention

    rom

    material

    asis

    of

    local

    protectionism-

    he

    confis-

    catory potential

    f

    certain

    and use

    planningpolicies.

    The

    first

    ypothesis

    to

    be

    tested,

    herefore,

    uestionst

    e

    coherency

    f

    characteristicsttributed

    to

    the

    ultra-right.

    pecifically,

    e

    hypothesize

    hat

    the

    supposedly

    nitary

    radical

    right

    onceptualization

    nstead

    consists

    of

    multiple

    imensions

    dimensionswhichbear

    little

    r no

    relationship

    o each

    other.

    The

    second

    hypothesis

    undertakes

    closer look

    at

    the

    association

    between xtremismnd local control before and after the influencef

    background

    haracteristics

    s held

    constant.

    These characteristics

    nclude

    property wnership

    nd

    a measure

    of

    political

    cology.

    The

    expectation

    is

    that,

    ivep

    these

    controls,

    here

    remains

    ittle

    or

    no

    positive

    ssociation

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    IGHT NDLAND

    USE

    PLANNING

    215

    tetween ocalism ndradicalright alienation . Evidence in support f

    this

    xpectation

    ould

    suggest

    spuriousrelationship

    nd

    heighten

    nterest

    in

    the

    contribution

    f

    political ecology

    to the

    rejection

    of

    land

    use

    regu-

    lation. The

    third

    nd

    final

    hypothesis

    lluminates

    he

    following

    question:

    What

    s

    the

    relative

    mpact

    of

    right

    wing

    xtremism

    n

    resistance o land

    use

    planning

    fter

    ccupational

    reliance n a

    minimally egulated

    roperty

    system

    has

    been

    taken

    into

    account?

    It

    is

    expected

    that

    where

    this

    reliance

    is

    high

    resistance

    will be

    greatest,

    nd that

    an

    affirmative

    est

    of

    material

    lienation

    versus ocial

    alienationwill be

    possible.4

    Data andMeasures Used

    Wisconsin

    s

    well suited

    for

    study

    f

    the

    possible

    ffect

    f

    right-wing

    extremismn

    aggressive

    and

    use

    planning.5

    he

    statehas two

    well-known

    mutually

    repelling

    political

    traditions.On the one

    hand,

    there is an

    acknowledged Progressive

    ineage

    extending

    back

    to

    the

    early

    1900s

    (Caine, 1970). Alternatively,

    isconsin

    s the

    birthplace

    f the

    Republican

    Party.

    And,

    only

    a

    generation

    go,

    Wisconsinvoters lected nd

    reelected

    Joseph

    McCarthy

    to

    the

    Senate.

    Subsequently,

    variety

    f

    studies

    have

    been

    completed

    n

    right-wing

    xtremism

    s

    a source of

    public

    policy

    con-

    flictn the state Adrian,1967; Rogin,1966).6 t is noteworthyhat the

    plaintiffs

    n

    the

    andmarkJust

    vs. Marinette

    case

    testing

    the

    legality

    f

    Wisconsin's shoreland

    zoning

    law

    were

    members

    f a

    local

    John

    Birch

    Society.7

    In

    order o test

    he first

    ypothesis uestioning

    he

    unity

    of

    the

    radical

    4These

    orms

    f

    alienation

    eednot be

    mutually

    xclusive.

    ee,

    for

    xample,

    Torrence

    1977).

    5In

    1923,

    he

    tate

    upreme

    ourt

    upheld

    municipal

    oning

    rdinance,

    reda-

    ting

    by

    three

    years

    he

    classic

    1926

    arallel uling

    y

    he

    U.S.

    Supreme

    ourt n

    Euclid s Amblereality.Rural oning,ow cceptedymost tates, ad tsoriginsinWisconsinnthe ate1920s. he tate

    ioneered

    ndifferential

    use-value)

    axation

    of land

    with

    ts

    Forest

    rop

    Law

    1927).

    n the

    930s,

    he tate

    egislation

    egan

    he

    purchase

    f scenic

    easements,

    formal

    eparation

    f

    ownership

    rom ontrol

    f

    property,

    program

    hat

    was

    greatly xpanded

    n

    the 1960s.Wisconsin

    assed

    its

    Water

    uality

    ct

    n

    1965,

    model

    horeland

    rotection

    egislation

    hallenged

    s

    unconstitutional

    n

    1972

    see below).

    Considerable

    adical

    ight

    esearch

    as

    been

    done

    n the

    topic

    of

    fluoridation,

    supposedly

    iewed

    by

    the

    right

    s an anti-

    merican

    onspiracy

    Riessman,

    971).

    According

    o

    Adrian

    1967),

    Wisconsin's

    ity

    f

    Antigo

    bandonedluoridationn

    1960

    as

    a result

    f

    a

    conservative

    ampaign,

    nly

    o

    restoret

    five

    ears

    ater

    when

    stale

    health

    epartment

    tudy

    showed

    ooth

    decay

    mong

    Antigo

    kindergartners

    ad

    increasedy92percentn the nterveningears.

    7Based

    n

    conversation

    ith

    irector

    f

    Northeast

    isconsin

    egional

    lanning

    Commission,

    pril ,1978,

    he

    Wisconsin

    upreme

    ourt

    uled

    n

    1972

    in

    favor

    of

    the

    tate's

    uthority

    o

    regulate

    wetland

    esources

    nder

    ections

    9.71

    and

    144.26

    of

    the

    tate

    tatutes,

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    F MODERN

    OCIOLOGY

    right estalt, review f the iteraturewas undertakenand producedthe

    following

    ltra-conservative

    traits :

    Nativism:

    Extremists f

    the

    right

    re

    believed

    o

    focus

    nostalgically

    n

    preindustrial,

    rontier

    merica.

    This

    accountsfor

    heir

    presumed

    reli-

    ance on

    simple

    conventional

    wisdom

    and

    contract n

    preference

    o

    sophisticated,

    ighly

    ationalized

    xplanations

    nd

    exchanges

    Abcarian,

    197

    P.

    Nativism

    thus

    conveys

    a

    romantic

    onging

    ora

    social

    order

    marked

    y

    natural

    unity

    f human

    will,

    n

    essence,

    the

    gemeinschaft

    conceived

    f

    by

    Ferdinand

    Tonnies

    a

    centuryago.

    It is

    a

    rejection

    r

    phobic

    response

    to an America hathas fallen from

    grace

    (Riessman,

    1971).

    Agrarianism:

    erhaps

    no

    association is

    more

    widely

    hared

    by

    analysts

    of

    all

    disciplines

    nd

    persuasions

    han

    the notion thatrural

    nhabitants

    are

    rustic,

    conservative,

    nd

    provincial.

    Lipset

    (1960)

    bolsters

    his

    argument

    hat

    ower

    classes are

    authoritarian

    y citing

    cross-national

    survey

    ata that ndicate

    armers

    re

    reactionary.

    Converse

    1964)

    cites

    Nazi

    appeal

    in rural

    Germany;

    others

    argue

    that,

    where he

    agrarian

    myth ersists

    n

    America,

    so

    too is

    there

    onformity

    nd

    intolerance

    towards nnovation, ven where thewell-beingfsociety s concerned

    (Cooper,

    1970;

    Haer,

    1952).

    Similar hidebound conservative

    tereo-

    types

    are

    frequently

    sed

    in

    depicting

    ural

    and

    small

    town

    residents

    (e.g.,

    Bertrand

    nd

    Corty,

    1962;

    Taylor

    and

    Jones,

    1964;

    Knoke

    and

    Henry,

    1977).

    Anti-ocialism:

    Fear

    and

    loathing

    of

    depersonalized

    overnment

    re

    perhaps

    hallmarks of

    the radical

    right

    (Trow,

    1958;

    Abcarian

    nd

    Stanage,

    1965).

    Big government

    onnotes

    bureaucracy,

    regimented

    lifestyles,

    ependency

    n

    welfare

    statism,

    and

    planning,

    ll of

    which

    are

    ruinous

    to

    rugged

    individualism. hese

    alleged

    osses

    n

    privacy

    and self-reliance re indignitiesmany Americans associate with

    collectivism.

    Conservatism

    Political

    ffiliation,

    articularly

    ith

    known

    right wing

    organizations

    uch as

    the

    Young

    Americans

    or

    Freedom,

    he

    Christian

    Anti-Communist

    rusade,

    the

    Minutemen,

    he

    American

    Party,

    he

    Liberty

    obby,

    or with

    racial

    supremacy

    groups

    s

    commonly

    ccepted

    as

    emblematic

    of the

    Right

    (Abcarian

    and

    Stanage,

    1965).

    More

    commonly,

    ffiliation

    ith

    he

    Republican

    Party

    is

    taken as

    a

    general

    measure

    of

    conservatism

    e.g.,

    Koenig

    1975).

    Fundamentalism:

    he

    extreme

    right

    takes a

    puritanical pproach

    to

    work,welfare,ndreligionDanzig, 1971;Miller, 1968;

    Hunter,

    1980).

    Thus,

    the

    radical

    right

    message

    s

    mingled

    with

    undamentalist

    octrines

    usually

    f a

    Christian

    variety.

    Big

    government,

    articularly

    n

    its

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    USE

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    217

    extreme ormcommunism),mbodies hesinister orces fanti-Christ.

    Furthermore,

    udo-Christian

    recepts,

    as recorded

    in the

    Bible,

    en-

    courage

    ndividual

    ppropriation

    f

    the

    and

    and its

    bounty,

    ndividual

    wisdom

    ufficing

    o

    prevent

    esource xhaustion.

    Alienation

    two

    meanings):

    The theme

    of

    social-psychological

    lienation

    runs

    throughout

    he

    radical

    right

    iterature,

    ften

    reflecting

    ivergent

    uses of

    the

    term.

    Riessman

    1971)

    sees alienation

    s

    impotency

    efore

    a

    changing

    ociety,

    n

    impotency

    ofstadter

    1955)

    identifies

    s

    leading

    to a

    pseudo-conservative

    evolt.

    Lipset (1960)

    takes

    this

    powerlessness

    to mean

    a lack

    of

    community

    nd

    occupational integration.

    Others

    construe lienation o meanisolationfrom

    politically

    meaningful

    arti-

    cipation

    (Wolfinger

    et

    al.,

    1964)

    and

    from

    he

    power

    of elites more

    generally Wright,

    976).

    It follows

    hat

    non-centrist

    overnment

    nd

    localism

    are viewed as means

    of

    retaining

    r

    reclaiming

    ower

    over

    one's life

    Horton

    and

    Thompson,

    1962;

    Miller,

    1968).

    Authoritarianism:

    eople

    exhibiting

    authoritarian

    personalities

    ave

    proved

    vulnerable to

    the

    demagogu

    ry

    of fascism

    Adorno,

    1950;

    Fromm, 1941;

    and

    Shils,

    1961)

    and

    McCarthyism

    (Trow,

    1958;

    Wilkinson,

    972).

    Lipset

    1960)

    has

    popularized

    he

    notion

    of

    working

    class authoritarianismttributableo low education, ow organizational

    participation,

    solated

    primary

    ector

    occupations,

    conomic

    nsecurity,

    and

    authoritarian

    amily

    atterns

    which

    are

    transmitted

    uring

    hild-

    hood.

    By

    this atter

    ogic,

    if

    a

    person's

    parents

    xhibit

    uch

    charac-

    teristics

    what

    is

    necessary

    and what

    is

    sufficient

    s

    not

    clear),

    an

    intergenerational

    ransfer

    f extremist

    r

    authoritarian

    ersonality

    s

    predictable.

    Data

    for the

    present

    analysis

    were

    collected

    by

    the Wisconsin

    urvey

    Research

    Laboratory

    n a 1974

    statewide

    urvey.

    The

    sampling

    echnique

    wasa multi-stagerobability ample,following heKish (1949) procedure

    for

    electing

    espondents

    y

    household

    unit

    within

    26 selected

    ounties

    of

    the state. These

    548

    respondents

    onsisted

    of

    adults

    18

    years

    of

    age

    or

    older

    housing

    units

    on

    military

    eservations

    nd

    institutional

    r

    group

    quarters

    were

    excluded).

    Survey

    uestions

    ncluded

    many

    opinion

    variables

    expressive

    f the

    right

    wing

    attitudes

    ust

    identified.

    wenty

    uch

    items

    are

    included

    in

    the

    present

    analysis

    and

    appear

    with

    heir

    means

    and

    standarddeviations

    n

    Table

    1.

    Respondents

    were

    given

    he

    opportunity

    to

    agree,

    disagree,

    or to defer

    nswering

    or ack

    of

    knowledge.

    These

    don't know responses,along

    with

    missingdata,

    were

    recorded

    o the

    statistical

    mean;

    and

    high

    scores

    ( agree )

    indicateconcurrencewith

    right

    wing

    perspective.

    These

    twenty

    ndicators

    have been

    factor

    analyzed

    according

    to

    a

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    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW F

    MODERN

    OCIOLOGY

    Table 1 : Meansand StandardDeviations fRadical Right

    Items elected

    for

    Varimax

    actor Analysis.

    ITEM

    M

    S.D

    (1)

    TheAmerican

    ay

    s as

    close

    s we can

    get

    o a

    perfect

    ociety.

    2.49 .99

    (2) Agrarian

    ife

    s thenatural

    ife

    or

    man.

    2.73

    .92

    (3)

    Children

    hould

    pend

    art

    f

    their

    hildhoodn

    a

    farm. 2.58

    *98

    (4)

    The

    farms

    an ideal

    place

    o

    raise

    family.

    2.48

    .97

    (5)

    Federal

    egulation

    s

    bringing

    he

    ountry

    lose o

    socialism. 2.74 .87

    (6)

    Government

    lanning

    esults

    n the oss

    of

    essen-

    tial ibertiesnd freedoms. 2.78 .88

    (7)

    Self dentification

    f

    political

    hilosophy.

    4.05

    1.14

    (8)

    The

    Bible

    s God's

    message

    o

    man ndall

    it

    says

    is

    true.

    2.22

    1.00

    (9)

    All

    miracles

    appened

    ust

    s the

    Bible

    ays they

    did.

    2.68

    1.10

    (10)

    Religious

    ruths

    higher

    han

    ny

    other

    orm

    of

    truth.

    2.28

    1.08

    (11)

    It

    is

    wishful

    hinking

    o believe

    hat

    ne can

    in-

    fluence hat

    appens

    n

    society.

    3.17 1.03

    (12) Theworld s run by a fewpeople ndtheres

    little hat an

    be done

    bout

    t.

    2.72 1.17

    (13)

    I

    cannot

    rotect

    y ersonal

    nterests

    hen

    they

    conflict

    ith

    hose

    f

    strong ressure

    roups.

    2.82

    1.00

    (14)

    I

    feel ree

    o

    drop y

    nd

    visitwith

    most

    people

    in the

    neighborhood.

    2.20

    .92

    (15)

    I

    feel

    at

    home almost

    nywhere

    n this om-

    munity.

    2.25

    .95

    (16)

    I

    know

    he

    people

    round

    ere

    uite

    well.

    2.43

    1.00

    (17)

    I

    don't

    feel like

    a

    member

    f

    this

    ommunity

    (reversed).

    2.17

    .84

    (18) Father'sducationtotalyears). 9.21 3.43

    (19)

    Father's

    ccupation.

    - -

    (20)

    Respondent

    lace

    ofresidencet

    age

    18.

    -

    -

    varimax

    procedure

    in

    Table

    28.

    Six

    independent

    factors

    merge,

    and

    factor

    labels selected

    from

    the

    previous

    iscussion

    re

    assigned.

    In

    the

    case

    of

    variables ne

    ( The

    American

    way

    s as

    close

    as

    we

    can

    come to

    a

    perfect

    society )

    and

    seven

    (respondents'

    self-identified

    political

    ^Factor

    nalysis

    s

    a statistical

    anipulation

    hich

    rovides

    esearchersmeans

    of mposingtructurendata ccordingo various riteria. he varimax riterion

    maximizes

    he variance

    f

    squared

    oadings

    f

    factors

    nder

    he

    rthogonality

    restriction.

    he

    factors

    r

    dimensions

    hich esult

    have

    eigenvalues

    f at

    least

    1.0,

    he

    um

    f he

    quaredoadings.

    he

    eigenvalue

    s

    equivalent

    othe otal ariance

    explained

    y

    hefactor.

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    ANDLANDUSE

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    219

    philosophy), here s no evident lustering ith thervariables n thefactor

    analysis.

    Thus,

    the

    overall

    pattern

    which

    merges

    s one

    of

    heterogeneity

    and

    diversity.

    olicy

    prescriptions

    mong

    land

    use

    planners

    and

    other

    resource

    managers

    which

    assume a

    unidimensional

    adical

    right

    may

    therefore verreact

    r

    improperly

    iagnose

    the nature

    f

    local

    resistance

    to

    their nitiatives.

    Table

    2:

    Varimax

    otation

    Procedure f

    Principal

    Components

    Factor Analysis

    orRadical

    Right

    tems.

    Variable

    Numbers

    (from)

    FACTORS

    Table

    (I) (2) (3)

    (4)

    (5)

    (6)_

    1 .23 .00 .35

    .30

    -.12

    -.25

    2

    .07 .71

    .21

    .00

    .04

    -.10

    3 -.09 .78

    -.03

    .04

    .14

    .17

    4 .13

    .65

    .19

    -.26

    -.02

    .21

    5 .08

    .21

    .79

    .09

    .07

    .06

    6 .06

    .43

    .73

    .00

    .16

    -

    .01

    7 -.17 .05

    .16

    .22

    .29

    -.12

    8 .87 .15 .03 .10 - .04 .00

    9

    .84

    -

    .12

    .41

    .01

    .09

    .16

    10 .77 .04

    -.11

    -.03

    .26

    -.36

    11 .04 .21

    .10

    .56

    .08

    .04

    12

    .07

    .21 .02

    .58

    -.07

    .14

    13

    -.20

    -

    .04

    .18

    .57

    .00

    .15

    14

    .07 .09

    .

    31

    .4i

    .81

    .03

    15

    -.12

    .18

    .04

    -.03

    .80

    .30

    16

    -.15 -.16

    -.05

    -.20

    .76

    .19

    17

    -

    .06 .09

    -.06

    .14

    .73

    -.16

    18

    .15 .21

    .00

    .18

    .12

    .50

    19 .04 .22

    .10

    -.12

    .04

    .71

    20 .16 .00 .12 .06 -.01 .

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    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW F

    MODERN

    OCIOLOGY

    Table 3: Zero-OrderndPartial Correlations etween ocalism

    and

    Measures

    f

    Radical

    Right.

    Radical

    Right

    Correlations

    Measures

    Zero-Order

    Partial

    Nativism

    .127*

    .082*

    Agrarianism

    .143*

    .112*

    Anti-Socialism .120*

    .151**

    Individualism

    .163* .100*

    Conservatism

    .111*

    .073

    Fundamentalism .115* .081Powerlessness .017 .006

    Isolation

    .156*

    .099*

    Authoritarianism .038

    .044

    Controlling

    or

    ge,

    Education,

    enter-Periphery

    nd

    Property

    *Sgnificant

    t

    a

    =

    .05 evel

    Significant

    t

    a=.01

    level,

    r

    greater

    control

    nd

    extremism

    n

    the

    right.

    he

    results,

    hown n

    Table

    3,

    suggest

    that

    a

    positive

    relationship,

    n

    fact,

    exists

    t both

    he

    zero

    and

    higher

    order correlations.Here,radical rights measured using the results f

    the factor

    nalysis

    in

    Table 2.

    Note that

    the

    first

    nd

    seventh

    ariables

    now

    appear

    as

    separate

    dimensions of

    extremism nd

    that

    the

    anti-

    socialism

    factor

    (a

    combination

    of

    variables

    four

    nd five n

    Table

    2)

    is

    broken

    nto

    ts

    component

    parts

    for

    closer observation

    n the

    testing

    f

    hypotheses

    wo

    and

    three.

    Seven

    of the

    nine measures

    of

    right

    wing

    extremism

    re

    significantly

    related

    o

    localism t

    or

    below the

    criterionevel of .05 and in a

    posi-

    tive

    direction.

    This

    pattern

    is

    not

    seriously

    ltered

    n

    the

    accompanying

    partial

    correlations,

    where

    five

    out of

    seven

    of

    the

    measures

    retain

    statistical ignificance. he control variables inthis secondanalysis re

    age,

    education,

    real

    property

    ownership,

    nd

    a

    measure

    of

    political

    ecology

    explained

    below. To

    summarize,

    he more

    a

    respondent

    s

    identi-

    fied

    as

    ultra-conservative,

    he

    more he

    or

    she

    tends

    to

    oppose

    non-local

    land

    use

    planning.

    The

    highest

    partial

    correlation

    s

    with the

    anti-

    socialism

    measure,

    as

    might

    be

    expected

    in an

    analysis

    featuring

    he

    opposing

    political

    pectrum.

    The

    lowest

    correlation,

    n the

    other

    hand,

    is

    a measure of alienation

    (powerlessness).

    But

    for

    this

    finding,

    he

    results

    f

    Table

    3

    do

    not

    support

    the

    prediction

    that

    the

    relationship

    between ocal control

    nd

    rightwing

    xtremism

    s

    spurious.

    The Political

    Ecology

    of Conflict

    Until

    this

    point,

    he

    roots

    of

    resistance

    o

    non-local

    and

    use

    planning

    have

    been

    examined

    only

    ndirectly,

    sing

    a

    composite

    measureof

    local

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    RADICAL

    IGHT

    ND

    LANDUSE

    PLANNING

    22

    1

    controlwhich incorporates question on the preferred evelof such

    regulation.

    n

    the nterest

    f

    testing

    adical

    right

    nfluence

    on land

    use

    planning

    more

    directly,

    scale

    of

    eight

    and

    use

    control tems

    overing

    broad

    range

    of

    land use

    management

    nitiatives n

    Wisconsin

    was cons-

    tructed

    nd

    appears

    in

    Appendix

    .

    Respondents

    were asked

    to state

    thir

    upport

    r

    opposition

    for

    each

    policy.

    These

    responses

    were stan-

    dardized

    to

    equalize

    the

    dissimilar

    response

    ategories

    ffered

    n the

    survey.

    Missing

    data weretreated s

    zero,

    the

    standardized

    mean,

    and

    the

    Cronback's

    Alpha

    measure

    of

    internal

    consistency

    for

    the

    scale

    createdfrom hese

    measureswas .62.

    Attitudes owardAssorted

    and

    Use Planning

    olicies

    in

    Wisconsin,

    974

    Respondent

    isposition

    Land

    Us*

    Policies

    Favor

    r

    Oppose

    Agree

    Neutral

    or

    Dis

    (

    N

    agree

    Do

    you

    hinkhat

    motorcycles

    nd similar

    (%)

    (%)

    (%)

    vehicles

    hould r should

    ot

    be

    kept

    ut

    of recreationreas instate ndnational

    parks?

    57

    15

    28

    (530)

    How

    bout

    nowmobiles

    .

    .

    should

    they

    be

    banned rom ecreationreas

    or

    not?

    45

    22

    33

    (530)

    The tate

    nd

    federal

    overnments

    hould

    createmore

    arks

    n Wisconsin

    ith

    n

    emphasis

    n

    preserving

    and

    n

    ts natural

    state.

    72

    15

    13

    (539)

    Howdo

    you

    eel bout

    assing

    aws

    which

    prohibit

    gricultural

    ands from

    being

    convertedo other

    ses?

    50

    15

    35

    (530)

    The nformationalue of highway ill-

    boards

    oes

    not

    utweigh

    he

    blight hey

    put

    n

    the

    andscape.

    57 13

    30

    (533)

    Do

    you

    avor

    r

    oppose zoning

    for

    the

    separation

    f

    single

    family

    omes

    from

    apartment

    wellings?

    60

    7

    30

    (530)

    Do

    you

    avor r

    oppose

    zoning

    for

    the

    separation

    f

    mobile

    homes

    rom

    ther

    types

    f

    housing?

    79

    4 17

    (538)

    Do

    you

    favor

    r

    oppose

    more

    oning

    res-

    trictions

    n

    private

    akes

    and

    riverfront

    property?

    56

    9 35

    (484)

    Political

    ecology,

    as

    used

    here,

    refers

    to

    the

    politically

    ignificant

    relationship

    f human

    populations

    o

    the

    resourcebase

    from

    which

    they

    make

    their

    living.

    Conservatism,

    by

    this

    ogic, depends

    at least

    in

    part

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    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW F MODERN

    OCIOLOGY

    on a respondent's rincipal ustenance ctivity- heway a person pro-

    vides for

    basic

    needs and

    reproduces

    heir

    amily

    nd

    larger

    community.

    Threats

    o

    basis sustenance

    ctivities

    may

    ead,

    as

    the

    quotation

    at

    the

    outsetof the

    paper

    suggests,

    o

    reaction

    that

    is,

    to ultra-conservatism.

    Where social controls

    ver

    private

    roperty

    hreaten o

    reduce

    an

    owner's

    income

    opportunities

    y

    restricting

    ale or

    use

    options,

    concerted

    oppo-

    sition

    may

    be

    expected.

    This is

    particularly

    rue

    when

    social

    controls

    are

    nonlocal

    n

    origin,

    in

    which

    case

    the influenceof local

    property

    ownersover

    variances

    and other

    xemptions

    re

    greatly

    educed.

    In

    the

    present nalysis, oliticalecology

    s

    operationalizedby separat-

    ing

    the

    twenty

    ixcounties

    sampled

    n Wisconsininto two

    subregions.

    The

    first

    Periphery )

    ncludes

    hose counties

    which,

    according

    to the

    U.S.

    Department

    of

    Commerce,

    ave

    a

    high proportion

    average

    25

    per-

    cent)

    of

    self-employed

    ersons

    n

    their abor

    force.

    It

    is

    this

    constituency

    who,

    as

    proprietors,

    0

    willbe

    keenly

    ware

    of the

    economic

    consequen-

    ces

    of

    curtailing

    ropertyrights

    and

    who would

    be

    expected

    o

    resist

    land

    use

    planning

    n

    principle.

    The

    second

    subregion

    Center ) groups

    those

    counties

    which

    have

    a

    lower

    average

    proportion

    11

    percent)

    of

    self-employed

    n

    their

    labor

    force.

    The

    inhabitants

    of the

    center,

    by

    similar ogic, aremore ikely o conform o basic modifications n their

    propertyrights.

    ndeed,

    people

    employed

    in

    manufacturing,

    ervices,

    and

    the

    high

    technology

    sectors have far less

    at stake

    occupationally

    from

    earrangements

    n real

    property

    ights

    han

    do

    the

    self-employed.

    The relative

    impacts

    of

    center-periphery,

    ocalism,

    property,

    and

    background

    variables

    on

    the

    comprehensive

    and

    use

    scale

    are

    compared

    through

    he

    use of

    standardized

    egression

    oefficientsn

    Table

    4.

    Pro-

    perty

    wnership,

    hile

    consistently

    egative

    n

    its

    influence,

    s

    expected,

    is

    of

    little

    tatistical

    onsequence.

    In all

    but

    one

    instance

    individualism),

    the measures

    of

    right

    wing

    extremism

    make

    negligible

    contributions

    o

    themodel and are erraticn theirdirection f influence.This ambiguous

    showing

    by

    measures of

    social

    alienation

    tandsmuch n

    contrast

    o

    the

    performance

    f

    center-periphery

    entered

    n

    the

    regression

    s

    a

    dummy

    variable,

    with

    enter=0,

    periphery=l).

    As

    proposed,

    the

    direction

    of

    this

    formulation

    f

    political

    cology

    s

    consistently

    egative.

    The

    magni-

    tude

    of

    the

    measure,

    moreover,

    s

    in

    general

    arger

    han

    other

    coefficients

    throughout

    the

    table,

    including

    those

    of

    age11

    and

    education.

    Thus,

    10Self-employment

    nd

    proprietorship

    re

    roughly

    quivalent,

    hough

    s

    Wright

    and

    Singleman

    1978)

    roperly

    arn,

    he

    quivalence

    s

    imperfect

    n

    so for

    s

    various

    categoriesfprofessionalse.g., doctors nd lawyers) re self-employedithout

    having

    n

    occupational

    take

    n

    unaltered

    ropertyights.

    Though

    ge

    and

    educationre

    nversely

    orrelated

    r

    =

    -.

    415)

    well

    stabli-

    shed

    attern,

    ge

    s

    positively

    elated

    o the

    and

    use

    planning

    cale n

    each

    set

    of

    regression

    oefficients

    isplayed.

    he fact

    that

    age

    is

    positively

    ssociated ith

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    THE

    RADICAL IGHT

    ND

    LAND

    USE

    PLANNING

    223

    Table 4: Standardized egressionoefficientsf LandUsePlanning

    Scale

    on

    Radical

    Right

    tems

    nd Other

    ndependent

    ariables.

    Dependent

    Variable

    Independent

    ariables

    CONTROLS

    Center

    Age

    Educa Pro-

    Local-

    Radical

    Right

    ndicator

    Peri

    tion

    perty

    ism

    phery

    LandUse

    Planning

    Scale (Nativism) .006 .226** .183** .202** -.010 .082*

    (Agrarianism)

    .023

    .221** .184** .196**

    -.010

    .085*

    (Anti-Socialism)

    .039 .228**

    .190** .199**

    -

    .037

    .086*

    (Individualism)

    .086*

    .227**

    .189**

    .199**

    -.007

    .095*

    (Conservatism)

    .052

    .225** .197** .200**

    -.005

    .086*

    ,, (Fundamental-

    ism)

    -.017

    .225**

    .187**

    .197**

    -.009

    .084*

    (Powerlessness)

    009

    .226** .185** .204**

    -.010

    .082*

    (Isolation)

    -.046

    .229**

    .196**

    .205**

    -.003

    .087*

    ,,

    (Authoritari-

    anism

    )

    .048

    .218** .184** .182**

    -.005

    .081*

    *Significantta=.05 Level

    **Significant

    t

    a

    =

    .01

    Level,

    r

    greater

    whereas

    little

    support

    was

    found for the

    second

    hypothesis

    f

    interest

    when

    an indirect

    measureof social

    control

    was

    employed,

    trong

    vidence

    is

    apparent

    here

    on behalf

    of

    the

    third

    hypothesis

    where

    direct

    measure

    is

    present.

    Not

    only

    s

    spatial

    context a

    proxy

    for

    occupational

    cluster-

    ing

    important

    n

    shaping

    public

    attitudes

    towards and

    use

    planning,

    but

    t

    would

    appear

    to

    override the

    importance

    of

    social

    pathology

    as

    expressedn measuresofrightwing xtremism.

    Table

    4

    offers

    n anomalous

    finding

    worthy

    of

    note.

    Localism

    relates

    positively

    o

    land use

    planning

    and retains tatistical

    ignificance

    ven

    after

    ll other

    ndependent

    variables

    are

    controlled.

    Despite

    the

    coun-

    terintuitive

    ature

    of

    this

    finding,

    given

    the

    prior ogic

    of

    the

    analysis

    and

    the

    depiction

    of

    local

    control as a

    force

    directed

    gainst

    and use

    regulation,

    vidence

    an be

    adduced

    showing

    hat ocial control nd local

    control

    re

    not

    n

    all

    instances

    ntagonistic

    Geisler

    nd

    Martinson,

    1976;

    Geisler,

    1979).

    At

    another

    evel,

    the reader

    may

    wish

    to know

    f

    what s

    termed

    center

    and

    periphery

    n

    the

    present

    nalysis

    s

    merely

    size-

    of-place gradientopen to other interpretationshan theone provided.

    property

    wnershipr =.291)

    may

    xplain

    hy

    he

    nfluence

    f

    property

    s

    severely

    diminished

    n the

    and

    use

    planning

    cale.

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    INTERNATIONAL

    EVIEW F MODERNOCIOLOGY

    Thebivariate orrelationbetween center-peripherynd size-of-placeof

    residence

    which

    was

    asked of each Wisconsin

    espondent)

    s

    .505,

    lending

    initial

    upport

    o

    such concerns. The

    correlationsof

    each variable

    with

    the

    land

    use

    planning

    scale

    relay

    different

    message,

    however.

    As

    is

    shown

    n

    Table

    5,

    center-periphery

    aintains

    he

    stronger

    ssociation

    at

    both

    the

    bivariate

    nd

    higher

    rderof

    correlation.

    In the second

    set

    of

    partais

    presented,

    where the

    variables

    re

    concurrently

    ssociated

    with

    the

    and

    use

    planning

    cale,

    place-of-residence

    s

    no

    longer

    statistically

    significant

    whereas

    center-periphery

    s.

    Hence,

    there

    is littlereason

    to

    assume

    that

    the

    atter

    ariable

    s

    merely

    reworked

    ensitygradient.

    Table

    5

    Correlation

    oefficients

    etween

    and

    Use Planning

    cale

    and

    1)

    Place-of-Residence

    nd

    2)

    Center-Periphery.

    Association

    With

    Independent

    ariables

    LandUse

    Place

    of

    Residence

    Center-Periphery

    Planning

    cale

    Zero-Order

    Correlation

    .179*

    .211**

    Partial

    Correlation

    l)a

    .179** .214**

    Partial

    Correlation

    2)b

    .081

    .143**

    **

    X

    2

    significant

    t

    >

    +

    001

    Controlling

    and

    wnership,

    ge,

    education,

    nd

    family

    ncome.

    Controlling

    ll

    variables

    n

    a),

    above,

    lus

    enter-periphery,

    r

    place-of-residence,

    as

    appropriate.

    Conclusion

    This

    paper

    examines

    the

    empirical support

    for

    the

    proposition

    hat

    extremism,n the

    right,

    ngendersopposition to extra-local control of

    land

    resources.

    Not

    only

    are there

    pparent

    frailties

    n

    the

    global

    radical

    right

    onstruct

    tself,

    ut

    the

    separate

    radical

    right

    ndicators show

    little

    net

    influence

    on

    social control. Radical

    right

    ssociation

    with

    ocal con-

    trol

    is

    clearly positive.

    Yet,

    its

    effect

    on

    social

    control

    may

    well

    be

    spurious,

    argely

    ttributable

    o

    background

    factors and to a

    political

    ecology

    context

    bearing

    on

    one's

    property

    nterests.

    Reticence

    nd

    reac-

    tion

    to

    land

    use

    planning

    ppear

    to be matters f

    vested

    property

    rights,

    most

    salient

    n

    the

    periphery.

    What, if anything, s the relevance oftheforegoingnalysisfor he

    management

    f

    land-userelated onflict It is

    one

    thing

    o contend

    that

    right

    wing

    extremism,

    f such

    can be

    unambiguously

    efined,

    ccentuates

    localism.

    It is

    quite

    another

    o assume that

    opposition

    o

    land use

    plan-

    ning

    comes

    exclusively

    or even

    principally

    rom

    he

    politicalright.

    This

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    IGHT

    NDLAND

    USEPLANNING

    225

    particular extension of conventional adicalright heorizing allswithin

    what Richard

    Hamilton

    1976)

    has

    termed

    restraining

    myths,

    i,e.,

    the

    persistence

    f

    a

    theory

    resting

    on unfounded

    laims.

    Policies based on

    such

    theory

    perpetuate

    these

    myths

    nd

    may

    very

    well

    prolong

    he

    con-

    flicts

    manating

    rom hem.

    Radicals,

    on

    the

    right,

    nd

    grass

    roots

    oppo-

    nents to land

    use

    planning

    are

    not,

    based on

    the

    evidence

    t

    hand,

    interchangeable.

    From

    a

    conflict

    management

    tandpoint,

    esource

    managers

    wishing

    to

    know

    n advance

    where

    ocal

    resistance o land

    use

    planning

    is

    likely

    to

    occur

    might

    consult the

    same

    Department

    of

    Commerce

    mploymentdata

    employed

    n the

    present

    nalysis.

    It existsfor ll states and is

    regu-

    larly updated.

    A

    political

    ecology

    imilar o

    that

    developed

    here

    can be

    approximated

    n

    states

    other

    han Wisconsin

    s

    one

    step

    in an effort o

    identify

    otential

    onflict

    ones.

    It is

    felt hat

    uch

    an exercise

    will

    prove

    to

    be

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