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Ideological Boundary-Making: Representing Immigrants in an Anti-Immigration Party Cover

Ideological Boundary-Making: Representing Immigrants in an Anti-Immigration Party

Open Access
|Mar 2021

Abstract

How can migrant organisations affiliated to anti-immigration political parties reconcile their party’s ideology with the representation of immigrants? Based on a website content analysis, this article investigates the representative claims of a migrant group affiliated to the Swiss People’s Party. Comparing them to the discourse of its left-wing counterpart, the findings show that the group sets ideological boundaries between immigrants, establishing a hierarchy that enables it to contrast its members with the immigrants targeted by its party.

Language: English
Page range: 157 - 176
Published on: Mar 28, 2021
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2021 Dina Bader, Alexandra Feddersen, published by Sciendo
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