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- Title
Borderless fear?: How right-wing populism aligns in affectively framing migration as a security threat in Austria and Slovenia.
- Authors
Thiele, Daniel; Pajnik, Mojca; Sauer, Birgit; Šori, Iztok
- Abstract
Studies have highlighted differences between right-wing populism in Western and Central Eastern Europe but suggested that discourses have been converging since the so-called "refugee crisis" in 2015. This article examines this claim by focusing on right-wing populist frames and affective communication on migration in Austria and Slovenia. Taking a communication-centred approach, the study is based on a critical frame analysis of 70 speeches from far-right to centre-right parties in parliamentary debates on migration between 2015 and 2019. The results show that right-wing populist discourses in the two adjacent countries have aligned in appealing to affects, particularly to fear and in framing migration as a threat to security and culture. Despite differences in mobilizing affects, the findings indicate a mutual alignment of right-wing populism beyond borders, signalling a potential risk of a broader right-wing populist bloc unified by fear of migration.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; AUSTRIA; EASTERN Europe; RIGHT-wing populism; FRAMES (Social sciences); CRITICAL analysis; FORCED migration
- Publication
Journal of Language & Politics, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 2, p176
- ISSN
1569-2159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/jlp.22026.thi