The nation under threat: secularist, racial and populist nativism in the Netherlands

Right-wing discourses and issues of belonging and collective identity in Europe's political and public spheres are often analysed in terms of Islamophobia, racism and populism. While acknowledging the value of these concepts, Kešić and Duyvendak argue that these discourses can be better underst...

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Published in:Patterns of prejudice Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 441 - 463
Main Authors: Kešić, Josip, Duyvendak, Jan Willem
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 20.10.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Belonging
Discourses
Elites
Ethnic identity
Group identity
Islam
Islamophobia
minorities
Minority groups
Muslims
Nationalism
Nativism
Netherlands
Political identity
Populism
Public sphere
Racism
Right wing politics
Secularism
Subtypes
Threats
ISSN:0031-322X, 1461-7331
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Summary:Right-wing discourses and issues of belonging and collective identity in Europe's political and public spheres are often analysed in terms of Islamophobia, racism and populism. While acknowledging the value of these concepts, Kešić and Duyvendak argue that these discourses can be better understood through the logic of nativism. Their article opens with a conceptual clarification of nativism, which they define as an intense opposition to an internal minority that is seen as a threat to the nation due to its 'foreignness'. This is followed by the analysis of nativism's three subtypes: secularist nativism, problematizing particularly Islam and Muslims; racial nativism, problematizing black minorities; and populist nativism, problematizing 'native' elites. The authors show that the logic of nativism offers the advantages of both analytical precision and scope. The article focuses on the Dutch case as a specific illustration of a broader European trend.
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ISSN:0031-322X
1461-7331
DOI:10.1080/0031322X.2019.1656886