Constructing 'the people'. An intersectional Analysis of right-wing concepts of Democracy and citizenship in Austria

Autor(en)

Birgit Sauer, Stefanie Mayer, Edma Ajanovic

Abstrakt

This article analyses right-wing populist constructions of 'the people' emerging at the intersections of ethnicized 'othering' and gendered differences within groups. We argue that these constructions are in stark contrast to the liberal notion of citizenship, which we understand to be the basis for the demos. Rightwing populism constructs its politics of belonging beyond rights, i.e. 'the people' is defined as a community through identity with the political leader, rather than as a political entity marked by different interests and endowed with rights, which could be represented politically. We argue that it is important to not only analyse practices of 'othering' and exclusion, but also the appeal to the 'we'-group in order to understand right-wing populist success. Empirically our Critical Frame Analysis focuses on the Austrian context and on the FPÖ, which has been a forerunner in the 'modernization' of right-wing extremism and the development of right-wing populism in Europe.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

FH Campus Wien, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems

Journal

Journal of Language and Politics

Band

17

Seiten

636-654

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

1569-2159

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.18013.may

Publikationsdatum

2018

ÖFOS 2012

504014 Gender Studies

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

History, Sociology and Political Science, Linguistics and Language

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9b69165d-f298-4c5d-a47e-e57398f06909