Introduction: The Rise of Nativist Populism

Bergmann, Eiríkur

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41773-4_1

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“…Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016 in the context of rising anti-immigration and "anti-Muslim" sentiment. Trump is sometimes identified as a "nativist" (Bergmann 2020). A nativist believes that the rights of indigenous people are much greater than those of immigrants.…”

Section: Right-wing Populism and Christian Civilizationism In The Usamentioning

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Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Europe and the USA

Haynes

2020

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The aim of this paper is to examine comparatively the growth and political effectiveness of right-wing populism in Western Europe, Central Europe, and the USA since 9/11. The focus is on such politicians’ vilification of Islam as a faith and Muslims as a people. The paper examines the following research question: how and why do right-wing populists in the USA and Europe use an ideological form of “Christianity”, known variously as “Christianism” or “Christian civilizationism”, to vilify Muslims and Islam? The political purpose seems obvious: to influence public perceptions and to win votes by questioning the desirability of Muslims in both the USA and Europe, claiming that Muslims’ religious and cultural attributes make them unacceptable as neighbors. As Muslims are not capable, so the argument goes, of assimilating to European or American norms, values, and behavior, then they must be excluded or strongly controlled for the benefit of nativist communities. Right-wing populists in both the USA and Europe pursue this strategy because they see it as chiming well with public opinion at a time of great uncertainty, instability, and insecurity.

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Section: Right-wing Populism and Christian Civilizationism In The Usamentioning

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Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Europe and the USA

Haynes

2020

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“…The growing pattern of new nationalism was greatly driven by the emergence of various economic and political crises over the years. Bergmann ( 2020 ) has identified three waves of nationalist sentiment and movement since the 1950s, with the anti-taxation (anti-big government) and anti-multiculturalism in the wake of the Oil Crisis in the 1970s representing the first wave of neo-nationalism, which generated nationalist movements and far-right parties in many European countries including France, Denmark, and Norway. The second wave of neo-nationalism was mainly triggered by the influx of immigrant workers from Eastern Europe after the fall down of the Berlin Wall in 1989.…”

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From Crisis to Nationalism?

Wang

2021

Chin. Polit. Sci. Rev.

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“…Such conflation appears to be rooted in an ideational conception of both nativism and populism. This actively contributes to a euphemisation of racist ideology by disguising nativist discourse as 'populism', as reflected in terms such as 'populist nativism' (Kešić, J., and Duyvendak 2019) or 'nativist populism' (Bergmann 2020), which equip nativism with the veneer of a 'popular will'. Indeed, as noted by Mudde (2017) 'within European and US politics, populism functions 'as a fuzzy blanket to camouflage the nastier nativism'.…”

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Rethinking ‘nativism’: beyond the ideational approach

Newth

2021

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Existing ideational approaches to nativism tend to conflate the concept with nationalism, xenophobia and populism, as well as overlooking the role of racism and racialisation in the process of constructing the non-native 'out-group', against the native 'in-group'. Inspired by the Discourse Theoretical approach to populism, this article offers a significant conceptual contribution to studies on the far right by interpreting nativism as a racist and xenophobic discourse structured around an exclusionary vision of the nation. This conceptualisation helps identify how xenophobia, nationalism, racism and racialisation all contribute to nativist discourse, how nativism can be clearly demarcated from populism, and how nativist arguments can be articulated by parties beyond the far right.

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Introduction: The Rise of Nativist Populism

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Europe and the USA

Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Europe and the USA

From Crisis to Nationalism?

Rethinking ‘nativism’: beyond the ideational approach

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