Too much ado about nothing? An analysis of right-wing populist anti-immigration agenda in Slovakia and Denmark
Author
Kusnirovà, Klaudia
Term
4. term
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-05-28
Pages
62
Abstract
This thesis examines how right-wing populist parties in Slovakia and Denmark—the Danish People’s Party (DF) and People’s Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS)—framed immigration between 2015 and 2020, despite both countries experiencing limited direct effects of the migration crisis. Drawing on securitization theory, social identity theory, and the concept of Islamophobia, it employs a qualitative framing analysis of party publications. The analysis focuses on four dimensions: components of national identity, the portrayal of migrants as a threat, attribution of blame to other actors, and the identification of positive actors and solutions. Findings indicate that both parties present immigration—particularly from the Middle East and North Africa—as a security issue and justify policies aimed at protecting the nation, yet they differ in their approaches and in how national identity is constructed. The study offers a nuanced account of commonalities and differences in advancing anti-immigration agendas across two distinct national contexts.
Specialet undersøger, hvordan højrepopulistiske partier i Slovakiet og Danmark – Dansk Folkeparti (DF) og People’s Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) – har indrammet immigration i perioden 2015–2020, selv om begge lande i begrænset grad blev direkte ramt af migrationskrisen. Med udgangspunkt i sekuritiserings-teori, social identitetsteori og begrebet islamofobi gennemføres en kvalitativ framinganalyse af partiernes egne publikationer. Analysen fokuserer på fire dimensioner: komponenter i national identitet, hvordan migranter fremstilles som en trussel, skyldplacering på andre aktører samt identificering af positive aktører og løsninger. Resultaterne peger på, at begge partier præsenterer immigration – særligt fra Mellemøsten og Nordafrika – som et sikkerhedsspørgsmål og legitimerer politikker, der skal beskytte nationen, men at deres tilgange og måder at konstruere national identitet på varierer. Studiet bidrager med en nuanceret forståelse af ligheder og forskelle i den anti-immigrationspolitiske dagsorden i to forskellige nationale kontekster.
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