Nostalgia and Hope : Intersections Between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norocel, Ov Cristian.
Other Authors: Hellström, Anders., Jørgensen, Martin Bak.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Editors
  • About the Editors and Contributors
  • Chapter 1: Nostalgia and Hope: Narrative Master Frames Across Contemporary Europe
  • 1.1 Intersections Between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe
  • 1.2 Conceptual Setting
  • 1.3 Interdisciplinary Contributions
  • 1.4 Disposition of the Book
  • 1.4.1 Part I: Right-Wing Populist Party Politics Across Europe
  • 1.4.2 Part II: Retrogressive Mobilizations Outside the Political Arena
  • 1.4.3 Part III: Emancipatory Initiatives Mobilizing Beyond Politics
  • 1.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part I: Right-Wing Populist Party Politics Across Europe
  • Chapter 2: Trouble in the Homeland: How Cultural Identity and Welfare Politics Merge in Contemporary Danish and Swedish Politics
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Background
  • 2.2 Multiculturalism in the Welfare State
  • 2.3 Political and Media Narratives
  • 2.4 Analysis of the Policy Discourse in Denmark
  • 2.5 Analysis of the Policy Discourse in Sweden
  • 2.6 Analysis of the Blogosphere in Denmark
  • 2.7 Analysis of the Blogosphere in Sweden
  • 2.8 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3: The Discursive Denial of Racism by Finnish Populist Radical Right Politicians Accused of Anti-Muslim Hate-Speech
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The Denial of Racism in Radical Right Political Rhetoric
  • 3.2.1 The Present Cases
  • 3.2.2 Material and Method
  • 3.3 Analysis: Four Ways of Denying Racist Hatred
  • 3.3.1 Empiricist Discourse: "Facts, Common Sense"
  • 3.3.2 Narrative and Gerrymandering the Terrain: "Own Black Friends"
  • 3.3.3 Discursive Deracialization: Talk About Culture and the Nation
  • 3.3.4 The Reversal of Racism
  • 3.4 Conclusions
  • References.
  • Chapter 4: Nostalgic Nationalism, Welfare Chauvinism, and Migration Anxieties in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Methodological Notes
  • 4.2 Conceptual Discussion: Nationalism and Welfare Chauvinism
  • 4.3 Markers of National Identity and Belonging in Poland, Hungary and Romania
  • 4.4 Right-Wing Populist Parties, National Identity, Welfare Chauvinism, and Migration Anxieties
  • 4.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 5: What Makes Turkey and Turkish Immigrants a Cultural Polarization Issue in Europe? Evidence from European Right-Wing Populist Politics
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Cultural Security as an Instrument of Right-Wing Populism
  • 5.3 The Turkish Community in Europe and Cultural Cleavages
  • 5.3.1 Case 1: Vote Leave "Playing the Turkish Card" for Brexit
  • 5.3.2 Case 2: Instrumentalization of Turkey and Turkish Immigrants in Austrian Politics
  • 5.3.3 Case 3: Instrumentalization of Turkey and Turkish Immigrants in German Politics and the Rise of AfD
  • 5.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: Retrogressive Mobilizations Outside the Political Arena
  • Chapter 6: The Trans-European Mobilization of "Generation Identity"
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.1.1 Framing Transnational Collective Identities
  • 6.1.2 Data Collection
  • 6.2 Introducing Generation Identity: New Right Counter-Culture with Left-Wing Means
  • 6.3 Identity: Regional, National and European-But Not Egalitarian
  • 6.4 "Defend Europe": GI and the European "Refugee Crisis"
  • 6.4.1 Cultural Threat: Loss of "European Identity" Through Islamization
  • 6.4.2 Demographic Threat: Fearing the Great Replacement
  • 6.4.3 Economic Threat: Welfare for "Our Own People First"
  • 6.4.4 Security Threat: Terrorists, Islamists and Criminal Immigrants
  • 6.5 Protagonist Identity: A Fighting Community in the Defense of European Civilization.
  • 6.6 Antagonist Identities: The European Political Leadership, Pro-migrant Actors, and Muslim Immigrants
  • 6.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Endangered Swedish Values: Immigration, Gender Equality, and "Migrants' Sexual Violence"
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.1.1 Notes on Methodology
  • 7.2 Borders, Emotions, and Gender
  • 7.3 Media Representations of "Migrants' Sexual Violence"
  • 7.3.1 The Invention of a Media Cover-Up
  • 7.3.2 Immigration, Cultural Conflict and Gender Equality
  • 7.3.3 "Migrants' Sexual Violence" as Motivating a More Restrictive Border Regime
  • 7.3.4 The Pedagogy at the Border and the "Good Refugee Man"
  • 7.4 "Swedish Values" in Almedalen
  • 7.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Media Sources and Speeches
  • Literature
  • Chapter 8: Invented Nostalgia: The Search for Identity Among the Hungarian Far-Right
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.1.1 On Nostalgic Nationalism
  • 8.1.2 Methodology and Data Collection
  • 8.2 The Roots of Nostalgic Nationalism in Hungary
  • 8.3 A Discussion of Nostalgia and the Politics of National Identity Among Hungarian Far-Right Organizations
  • 8.4 Discussions with Hungarian Nationalists
  • 8.5 Conclusions: National Identity in Conflict
  • References
  • Chapter 9: "Retrotopia" as a Retrogressive Force in the German PEGIDA-Movement
  • 9.1 Retrotopia as a Retrogressive Force
  • 9.2 Post-welfare (N)ostalgia
  • 9.3 The Performative Style of PEGIDA
  • 9.4 German Vergangenheitsbewältigung as a Cultural Argument Against the Absolute Muslim Other
  • 9.5 Retrotopian Performance of Culture as a Retrogressive Force
  • References
  • Part III: Emancipatory Initiatives Mobilizing Beyond Politics
  • Chapter 10: Challenging Misconceptions: Danish Civil Society in Times of Crisis
  • 10.1 Understanding Crises in the Danish Context
  • 10.1.1 Research Approach
  • 10.2 Civil Society and Infrastructures of Dissent.
  • 10.3 Venligboerne: A Brief Summary
  • 10.3.1 Organizational Structure
  • 10.3.2 Network, Alliances and the Refugee Solidarity Movement
  • 10.3.3 Civil Society and Communities of Learning
  • 10.3.4 Infrastructure of Dissent in Times of Change and Insecurity
  • 10.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 11: "Impossible" Activism and the Right to Be Understood: The Emergent Refugee Rights Movement in Finland
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 From Grateful Refugee to Political Subject
  • 11.3 Towards Becoming Understood
  • 11.4 Material and Method
  • 11.5 The Reasons to Protest and the Formation of the Camp
  • 11.5.1 Who Represents Whom?
  • 11.5.2 Law, Order, and Security in Legacy Media
  • 11.5.3 Human Rights and Welfare in Social Media
  • 11.6 Strategies and Obstacles for Being Understood
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Hope as Master Frame in Feminist Mobilization: Between Liberal NGO-ization and Radical-Intersectional Street Politics
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Recognition, Redistribution, and Power Struggles
  • 12.3 Class and Gender During Post-communist Transition
  • 12.4 Feminism After 1989: Between NGO-ization and Street Movement
  • 12.5 Intersectional Emancipatory Struggles and Street Feminism
  • 12.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Latin American Transnational Political Engagement: Steering Civic Movements and Cultural Repertoires from the Global City of Brussels
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Scaling Transnational Fields of Mobilization from a Global City
  • 13.2.1 Brussels the Global City
  • 13.2.2 Methods
  • 13.3 Challenging One's Place in the Belgian Welfare State: From the Global City of Brussels
  • 13.4 Constructing a Transnational Field of Mobilization from Brussels: Mexican Migrants Engaging to Change the Political System in their Homeland
  • 13.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part IV: Epilogue.
  • Chapter 14: Civil Society Between Populism and Anti-populism
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 "Protecting" Communities
  • 14.3 "Bad" Civil Society, But Bad for Whom?
  • 14.4 The Features of Uncivil Society
  • 14.4.1 A Typology of Bad Civil Society
  • 14.5 European Uncivil Civil Society
  • 14.6 By Way of Conclusion
  • References.