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MIGRANTS AS FLOATING SIGNIFIERS IN AND THROUGH RIGHT-WING POPULIST POLITICAL STYLE: THE CASE OF THE AFD

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KAÇAR AŞCI, Fatmanur·2021·Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Topluluğu Enstitüsü Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi
DOI 10.29228/mjes.423
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This article focuses on how and in which ways migrants are taken into the right-wing populist agendas, specifically analysing how migrants are represented in the right-populist style of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) Party. At a time when populism studies have increased gradually and attained maturity, the impact and contribution of the populist actors by means of their discourse and style on the representation of certain groups should not be neglected. In addition to this, the ways migrants have been represented by the populist actors can be ranked among the subjects which need to be investigated not only for Turkey which hosts millions of migrants and people with Turkish heritage living in Europe but also for the Turkey-European Union (EU) relations in the long-term. The relevant literature suggests that migrants are represented in Europe within negative frameworks rather than positive. This study is designed to ascertain the contributions of the right-wing populist parties to the existent discourses and representations, accordingly, analysed how and through which representation strategies migrants have been in the right-wing populist style. For this study, the AfD and its representation strategies concerning migrants have been chosen and the party campaign visuals of the AfD posted between 2013-2021 have been considered and the ones which are overtly related to the migrants have been focused on to reach the argument of the article with primary coding for an initial analysis. The key findings of the article suggest that negative representation of migrants has been sustained by the right-wing populist party AfD and the existent pejorative representations have been reinforced, moreover migrants have been constructed as floating signifiers in and through right-wing populist style with strategic usages.

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Authors
KAÇAR AŞCI, F.
Venue
Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Topluluğu Enstitüsü Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi
Publisher
ASOS Yayinevi
Published
2021
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
209-228
ISSN
  • 1301-1359 (ISSN-L)
  • 2529-0037
DOI
10.29228/mjes.423
OpenAlex
W4362504728
Cited by
5
References
37
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
tr
Open access
Locations
  • Marmara Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi/Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi (publishedVersion)
  • DergiPark (Istanbul University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › German legal, social, and political studies
Keywords
right-wing populism, Alternative für Deutschland, representation of migrants, floating signifier, political discourse, EU-Turkey relations, political style

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