Constructing ‘the people’: An intersectional analysis of right-wing concepts of democracy and citizenship in Austria

• Autores: Edma Ajanovic, Stefanie Mayer, Birgit Sauer
• Localización: Journal of language and politics, ISSN 1569-2159, Vol. 17, Nº. 5, 2018, págs. 636-654
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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. Right-wing 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.