Doctoral Research/Lecturer in Political Science, Sociology, and Linguistics at Goethe University, Frankfurt. CDA, Multimodality, Digital Cultures, Cognitive Linx, Memes, Hate Speech, Far Right, Crisis Discourse
What Explains the Absence of Transnational Far Right Ties between Lega Nord and AfD?, 2023
European Far-Right Political parties (FRPPs) are more relevant and noisier than ever, and their d... more European Far-Right Political parties (FRPPs) are more relevant and noisier than ever, and their discourse arguably contributes to the production and shaping of the imagination of their followers and affects the process of policymaking to different degrees. This contribution is grounded on theoretical considerations that view discourse and power as interrelated elements. In this sense, it draws on the discourse of Lega Nord and Alternative für Deutschland as highly relevant far-right populist voices in Europe and attempts to investigate the systematic similarities in their production of populist, exclusionary discourse: This, therefore, begs the question: If the two parties produce highly similar discourse and perceptions, how come they have not (yet) managed to establish a closer cooperation outside the walls of the European Parliament? This contribution examines the positions of the two parties on immigration as a salient issue and compares the construction of anxieties and threats in their discourse from a Critical Discursive perspective. In doing so, it explores two major areas: firstly, the shared patterns in the discursive production of exclusionary, populist discourse in selected topic areas, and in particular the discursive practice of crisisification in the representation of national and European social realities, and secondly, the factors inhibiting the two parties to engage in visible and deep cooperation.
What Explains the Absence of Transnational Far Right Ties between Lega Nord and AfD?, 2023
European Far-Right Political parties (FRPPs) are more relevant and noisier than ever, and their d... more European Far-Right Political parties (FRPPs) are more relevant and noisier than ever, and their discourse arguably contributes to the production and shaping of the imagination of their followers and affects the process of policymaking to different degrees. This contribution is grounded on theoretical considerations that view discourse and power as interrelated elements. In this sense, it draws on the discourse of Lega Nord and Alternative für Deutschland as highly relevant far-right populist voices in Europe and attempts to investigate the systematic similarities in their production of populist, exclusionary discourse: This, therefore, begs the question: If the two parties produce highly similar discourse and perceptions, how come they have not (yet) managed to establish a closer cooperation outside the walls of the European Parliament? This contribution examines the positions of the two parties on immigration as a salient issue and compares the construction of anxieties and threats in their discourse from a Critical Discursive perspective. In doing so, it explores two major areas: firstly, the shared patterns in the discursive production of exclusionary, populist discourse in selected topic areas, and in particular the discursive practice of crisisification in the representation of national and European social realities, and secondly, the factors inhibiting the two parties to engage in visible and deep cooperation.
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contributes to the production and shaping of the imagination of their followers and affects the process of policymaking to different degrees. This contribution is grounded
on theoretical considerations that view discourse and power
as interrelated elements. In this sense, it draws on the discourse of Lega Nord and Alternative für Deutschland as highly
relevant far-right populist voices in Europe and attempts to
investigate the systematic similarities in their production of
populist, exclusionary discourse: This, therefore, begs the
question: If the two parties produce highly similar discourse
and perceptions, how come they have not (yet) managed to establish a closer cooperation outside the walls of the European
Parliament? This contribution examines the positions of the
two parties on immigration as a salient issue and compares
the construction of anxieties and threats in their discourse
from a Critical Discursive perspective. In doing so, it explores two major areas: firstly, the shared patterns in the
discursive production of exclusionary, populist discourse in
selected topic areas, and in particular the discursive practice
of crisisification in the representation of national and European social realities, and secondly, the factors inhibiting the
two parties to engage in visible and deep cooperation.
contributes to the production and shaping of the imagination of their followers and affects the process of policymaking to different degrees. This contribution is grounded
on theoretical considerations that view discourse and power
as interrelated elements. In this sense, it draws on the discourse of Lega Nord and Alternative für Deutschland as highly
relevant far-right populist voices in Europe and attempts to
investigate the systematic similarities in their production of
populist, exclusionary discourse: This, therefore, begs the
question: If the two parties produce highly similar discourse
and perceptions, how come they have not (yet) managed to establish a closer cooperation outside the walls of the European
Parliament? This contribution examines the positions of the
two parties on immigration as a salient issue and compares
the construction of anxieties and threats in their discourse
from a Critical Discursive perspective. In doing so, it explores two major areas: firstly, the shared patterns in the
discursive production of exclusionary, populist discourse in
selected topic areas, and in particular the discursive practice
of crisisification in the representation of national and European social realities, and secondly, the factors inhibiting the
two parties to engage in visible and deep cooperation.