Austerity Talk and Crisis Narratives: Memory Politics, Xenophobia, and Citizenship in the European Union

Hallgrímsdóttir, Helga Kristín; Finnsson, Ari; Brunet‐Jailly, Emmanuel

doi:10.3389/fsoc.2020.00014

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“…They must be coopted by politics, aligned with the message or authority of a political movement or establishment. For over a decade, for example, rightwing framings of identity and narrative have more effectively capitalized on the turbulence of contemporary crisis than leftwing movements, partly because the right has embraced narratives around economic precarity and national sovereignty, discursive domains that are more conducive to mobilization against the current crisis-afflicted neoliberal establishment (Conrad, 2020;Hallgrimsdottir et al, 2020). The liberal left, on the other hand, confronting the same set of challenges, could have advanced economic critique or national framings, and sometimes did, but more often opted instead for international and global registers, maintaining confidence in the progress and growth of economies and organizations, essentially vouching for the integrity of the status-quo; overall, their agendas have caught less political traction than the right's (Hobolt and De Vries, 2016;Schmidtke, 2020).…”

Section: Crisis As a Catalyst Of European Dis/integrationmentioning

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Cultural narrative, crisis, and contention in Iceland's bid to join the European Union, 2009–2015

Hallgrímsdóttir,

Carpenter,

Brunet-Jailly

et al. 2024

Front. Polit. Sci.

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In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, Iceland launched a bid to join the European Union. Joining the EU was presented domestically as a key to economic recovery and as a preventative measure against future economic distress. The bid itself was framed within a rapidly shifting political landscape, set against a backdrop of spreading economic malaise across Europe, accompanied by economic bailout plans and austerity measures. Several aspects of the bid's ultimate failure demonstrate the importance of identities and narratives around national independence and European integration. Most saliently, widespread perceptions about what it would mean to join the EU, particularly around sensitive notions of sovereignty, proved insurmountable to the more economistic rationale of the pro-EU campaign. The Icelandic bid thus presents a distinct opportunity to drill down into the complex relationships between austerity economics, popular politics, and the European integration project, with significant policy implications. To better understand the emergence of the bid and its failure in sociopolitical terms we assess different conceptual frameworks, including functionalist, intergovernmentalist, and post-functionalist approaches and theoretical perspectives on crisis and contentious politics. We also include voices of Icelandic citizens from civil society and government collected in research interviews between 2012 and 2018. Overall, our comparative theoretical approach and original case data sharpen an emphasis in the social sciences and policy research on the importance of cultural narrative and identity as key determinants of EU integration.

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Cultural narrative, crisis, and contention in Iceland's bid to join the European Union, 2009–2015

Hallgrímsdóttir,

Carpenter,

Brunet-Jailly

et al. 2024

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“…A decorrência dessas intersecções complexas está pautada principalmente na crise financeira global ocorrida em 2008 e na crise de migrantes no território da União Europeia, que entrou no noticiário mundial. Acerca disso, Hallgrimsdottir et al (2020) pontuam que, em consequência dessas crises, a política da memória introduziu nos debates contemporâneos o fundamento do pertencimento nacional, ou seja, invocou a natureza de cidadão do sujeito que reside na União Europeia.…”

Section: União Europeia Crises E Políticas Da Memóriaunclassified

“…Isso acontece principalmente por dar espaço ao ressurgimento de um ideal nacionalista identitário, manifestando-se, outra vez, pela integração e recepção de novos migrantes em um território que preza pelo ideal nacionalista vinculado, sobretudo, a partidos de extrema-direita. Hallgrimsdottir et al (2020), por sua vez, ponderam que a memória política articula referências às crises econômicas e sociais de alguns países, citando como exemplo a União Europeia e sua crise de 2015, juntamente com a crise econômico-financeira global iniciada em meados de 2017 e que na atualidade ainda se difunde. Entre essas questões relacionadas à memória política, tem-se ainda uma questão discriminatória e xenofóbica quando se trata de imigrantes que buscam refúgio em outros territórios que não de sua nacionalidade, na tentativa de fugir da crise econômica.…”

Section: União Europeia Crises E Políticas Da Memóriaunclassified

Revisão Narrativa Da Literatura Sobre O Uso E Aplicação Do Termo “Política Da Memória”

Lima,

Lopes,

Pizzio

2022

BARU

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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar o uso e a aplicação do termo “política da memória” nas produções científicas de âmbito internacional. Para tanto, partindo do levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, foram selecionados 36 artigos em periódicos internacionais. A metodologia teve como parâmetro a revisão narrativa da literatura para análise das fontes de informações, interpretando e identificando a aplicação do termo nas pesquisas publicadas entre 2015 e 2021. Os resultados da análise mostraram que o uso e a aplicação do termo “política da memória” estão associados intrinsecamente às representações materiais, aos processos políticos governamentais e às sociedades com regime autoritário ou democrático. Isto é, representam a memória política de países que vivenciam processos de crise da identidade nacional, ou daqueles em que essa ainda necessita ser elaborada. Conclui-se que a política da memória articula referências ao processo de fortalecimento de identidades nacionais. Dessa forma, política e poder são elementos basilares utilizados pelos governos para gerir a memória, para fazer lembrar acontecimentos de outrora ou para esquecer memórias históricas, trazendo-se uma contribuição adicional para se pensar as relações entre política, memória e monumento.

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“…This requires forging a new political narrative that foregrounds families like those in this book and includes not only those at the bottom of the income pyramid but the growing numbers who are just about 'getting by'. If we are to create the possibilities, both subjective and objective, to develop better lives in the future, a strong citizenship narrative needs to be created that is rooted in communities and institutions such as political parties, unions and civic associations which give meaning to collective identity (Hallgrimsdottir et al 2020).…”

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Families and Food in Hard Times

O’Connell¹,

Brannen²

2021

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Se podes olhar, vê. Se podes ver, repara. [If you can see, look. If you can look, observe.] Livro dos Conselhos vii Contents List of figures ix List of tables xi Acknowledgements xiii 8.2 A fair trade banana (Source: 'Phoebe'). 8.3 Refrigerator contents (Source: Sónia Cardoso). 8.4 Lunch of fish fingers and smoked salmon salad (Source: 'Ana'). 8.5 Fried shrimps in the pan (Source: 'Ana'). 8.6 Hamburgers, chips and Coca-Cola (the last given by a friend) (Source: 'Ana'). 9.1 Saturday breakfast (a) and lunch (b) ('chicken with boiled potatoes, green peas and everything else') at Dalila's grandmother's home (Source: 'Dalila'). 9.2 Frozen meat from 'dumpster diving', given by former lodger to Grethe's family (Source: Silje Skuland). 9.3 Saturday lunch for the whole family (Source: 'Tomas'). 10.1 School lunch in Portugal (Source: 'Mariana'). 10.2 Sandwich school lunch in Norway (Source: 'Kombo'). 10.3 Lunch in the school canteen (Source: 'Aleixo'). 10.4 Nan's roast (Source: 'Maddy'). 10.5 Curry (a) with potatoes and carrots served with sour porridge (b) at home (Source: 'Panya'). xi List of tables 5.3 Menus for Lala and her son Goncalo. 5.4 Menus for Faduma and her daughter Sadia. 6.1 Employment by family type. 6.2 Menus for Sally and her son Owen. 6.3 Menus for Sonia and her daughter Bianca. 6.4 Menus for Marit and her three children. 7.1 Menus for Morowa and her sons, Emmanuel and Gideon. 7.2 Menus for Nuria and her son Tola. 7.3 Menus for Aamina and her son Jamal. 8.1 Avoidance of social activities involving food, because of a lack of resources: numbers of parents reporting this by country sample. 8.2 Number of children reporting eating out or buying food, by type of area and country sample. 9.1 Formal and informal support used by families: qualitative study. 10.1 Free and subsidised school meals in the UK and Portugal. xiii AcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, we wish to thank the families who participated in the study. We would also like to thank and acknowledge the co-researchers with whom we carried out the research on which the book is based. The team included: in the UK,

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Austerity Talk and Crisis Narratives: Memory Politics, Xenophobia, and Citizenship in the European Union

Cited by 5 publications

References 81 publications

Cultural narrative, crisis, and contention in Iceland's bid to join the European Union, 2009–2015

Cultural narrative, crisis, and contention in Iceland's bid to join the European Union, 2009–2015

Revisão Narrativa Da Literatura Sobre O Uso E Aplicação Do Termo “Política Da Memória”

Families and Food in Hard Times

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