摘要：Since early 90s, the Croatian peasantry has undergone significant changes caused by the processes of erosion of the family farms reproductive ability which started earlier but were then intensified by war and transition from socialist to capitalist economy. The effect of these changes was essentially worsened peasants' social status and quality of life. The first attempt of the organized farmers' activity through the Farmers' Association of Croatian did not have any significant success. The Croatian Farmers' Association, founded in February 1999 upon the initiative of the Croatian Peasant Party, has been the most successful in articulation of farmers' interests. It has organized a number of farmers' protests out of which the one held at the end of June and the beginning of July 1999 attracted the greatest media' s attention. In this paper the authors examine the results of the research in the farmers' attitude towards the protests comparing them with the students of agronomy and agricultural experts' opinions on this issue. The research results show that unlike students of agronomy and agricultural experts, the farmers approve the blacking of roads as a method of protest. There is, however, almost unanimous consent of all three groups of respondents about highly unfavourable economic position of Croatian farmers, and in particular their reputation in society, about the fact that the farmers' position is getting relatively worse and that there has been a general dissatisfaction with the current agricultural policy. And more, the government hasn't provided motivative instrumentary adequate to the farmers current position and the internationally open market of agricultural products and food. The authors have also established that the farmers' economic and social position and the current agricultural policy has been more favourably judged by the farmers who had completed secondary school or junior college and who earn more than by those with lower education and lower income. 0r more accurately, the present research has confirmed the connection between the family farm reproductive ability and its head's attitudes - along with the family farms reproductive ability increases the rate of their heads who consider the farmers' economic position and social reputation better.
关键词：farmers' protest; farmer organizing; status of farmers; Croatia
