FOOTSTEPS OF THE EXTREME RIGHT IN EUROPE: PATHOLOGICAL NORMALIZATION OF XENOPHOBIA Cover Image

AVRUPA’DA AŞIRI SAĞIN AYAK SESLERİ: ZENOFOBİNİN PATOLOJİK NORMALLEŞMESİ
FOOTSTEPS OF THE EXTREME RIGHT IN EUROPE: PATHOLOGICAL NORMALIZATION OF XENOPHOBIA

Author(s): Hamza Bahadır Eser
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Migration; Extreme Right; Pathology of Normalcy; Xenophobia; Welfare Chauvinism;

Summary/Abstract: During the 2000s, the extreme right-wing parties in Europe were supported by the wider public and experienced a significant outflow. In these years, the extreme right has been the ruling party or main opposition party in many countries. Today, the far right continues to be the leading political actors in the European countries, as well as in the developed countries of the world and in countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which are considered as examples of liberal democracy. This progress stems from the increase in migration mobility towards Europe in recent years. In this study, the rise of the far right in Europe will be associated with the wave of migration, and the antiimmigrant policies of far-right political parties in Western societies will be dealt with in the axis of pathological normality, xenophobia and welfare chauvinism. The hypothesis of the study is that there are concerns about security, welfare loss and cultural heterogeneity behind the anti-immigration stance in Europe. It is also emphasized that the increasing reaction towards the right-wing parties, which is based on anti-immigrant policies, is being strengthened day by day.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 114-144
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Turkish