In person icon Immigration and Nationalistic Discourse

Abstract

Nationalistic discourse seems to experience a real renaissance in Europe. Especially right wing parties emphasise on their own specific national culture and exclude migrants through a nationalistic discourse from society. Moreover the fact that only right wing parties with a clear anti-immigration strategy are successful in elections is evident. The question to tackle on is, if this is a new form of fascist attitude, that becomes more and more socially acceptable. Right wing parties build up their argumentation on specific contributions and prejudices towards immigrants, about how they might be and how they could eventually harm society. It is to explicate to which amount these parties use these arguments to augment there votings to win elections. On the other hand, citizens of a state seem to have a legitimate interest in national identity. Immigration policy should, in their mind, be adjusted to their own interests. Parties, not only right wing parties, react on this discourse and use it to legitimate political measures, either to integrate immigrants in there own construed national culture or to exclude them.

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