Nostalgia and Hope : Intersections Between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe.

Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Chapter 1: Nostalgia and Hope: Narrative Master Frames Across Contemporary Europe -- 1.1 Intersections Between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe -- 1.2 Conceptual Setting -- 1.3 Interdisciplinary Contributions -- 1.4 Disposition of the Book -- 1.4.1 Part I: Right-Wing Populist Party Politics Across Europe -- 1.4.2 Part II: Retrogressive Mobilizations Outside the Political Arena -- 1.4.3 Part III: Emancipatory Initiatives Mobilizing Beyond Politics -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Right-Wing Populist Party Politics Across Europe -- Chapter 2: Trouble in the Homeland: How Cultural Identity and Welfare Politics Merge in Contemporary Danish and Swedish Politics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Background -- 2.2 Multiculturalism in the Welfare State -- 2.3 Political and Media Narratives -- 2.4 Analysis of the Policy Discourse in Denmark -- 2.5 Analysis of the Policy Discourse in Sweden -- 2.6 Analysis of the Blogosphere in Denmark -- 2.7 Analysis of the Blogosphere in Sweden -- 2.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Discursive Denial of Racism by Finnish Populist Radical Right Politicians Accused of Anti-Muslim Hate-Speech -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Denial of Racism in Radical Right Political Rhetoric -- 3.2.1 The Present Cases -- 3.2.2 Material and Method -- 3.3 Analysis: Four Ways of Denying Racist Hatred -- 3.3.1 Empiricist Discourse: "Facts, Common Sense" -- 3.3.2 Narrative and Gerrymandering the Terrain: "Own Black Friends" -- 3.3.3 Discursive Deracialization: Talk About Culture and the Nation -- 3.3.4 The Reversal of Racism -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 4: Nostalgic Nationalism, Welfare Chauvinism, and Migration Anxieties in Central and Eastern Europe -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Methodological Notes -- 4.2 Conceptual Discussion: Nationalism and Welfare Chauvinism -- 4.3 Markers of National Identity and Belonging in Poland, Hungary and Romania -- 4.4 Right-Wing Populist Parties, National Identity, Welfare Chauvinism, and Migration Anxieties -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: What Makes Turkey and Turkish Immigrants a Cultural Polarization Issue in Europe? Evidence from European Right-Wing Populist Politics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Cultural Security as an Instrument of Right-Wing Populism -- 5.3 The Turkish Community in Europe and Cultural Cleavages -- 5.3.1 Case 1: Vote Leave "Playing the Turkish Card" for Brexit -- 5.3.2 Case 2: Instrumentalization of Turkey and Turkish Immigrants in Austrian Politics -- 5.3.3 Case 3: Instrumentalization of Turkey and Turkish Immigrants in German Politics and the Rise of AfD -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Retrogressive Mobilizations Outside the Political Arena -- Chapter 6: The Trans-European Mobilization of "Generation Identity" -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Framing Transnational Collective Identities -- 6.1.2 Data Collection -- 6.2 Introducing Generation Identity: New Right Counter-Culture with Left-Wing Means -- 6.3 Identity: Regional, National and European-But Not Egalitarian -- 6.4 "Defend Europe": GI and the European "Refugee Crisis" -- 6.4.1 Cultural Threat: Loss of "European Identity" Through Islamization -- 6.4.2 Demographic Threat: Fearing the Great Replacement -- 6.4.3 Economic Threat: Welfare for "Our Own People First" -- 6.4.4 Security Threat: Terrorists, Islamists and Criminal Immigrants -- 6.5 Protagonist Identity: A Fighting Community in the Defense of European Civilization.

6.6 Antagonist Identities: The European Political Leadership, Pro-migrant Actors, and Muslim Immigrants -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Endangered Swedish Values: Immigration, Gender Equality, and "Migrants' Sexual Violence" -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Notes on Methodology -- 7.2 Borders, Emotions, and Gender -- 7.3 Media Representations of "Migrants' Sexual Violence" -- 7.3.1 The Invention of a Media Cover-Up -- 7.3.2 Immigration, Cultural Conflict and Gender Equality -- 7.3.3 "Migrants' Sexual Violence" as Motivating a More Restrictive Border Regime -- 7.3.4 The Pedagogy at the Border and the "Good Refugee Man" -- 7.4 "Swedish Values" in Almedalen -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- Media Sources and Speeches -- Literature -- Chapter 8: Invented Nostalgia: The Search for Identity Among the Hungarian Far-Right -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 On Nostalgic Nationalism -- 8.1.2 Methodology and Data Collection -- 8.2 The Roots of Nostalgic Nationalism in Hungary -- 8.3 A Discussion of Nostalgia and the Politics of National Identity Among Hungarian Far-Right Organizations -- 8.4 Discussions with Hungarian Nationalists -- 8.5 Conclusions: National Identity in Conflict -- References -- Chapter 9: "Retrotopia" as a Retrogressive Force in the German PEGIDA-Movement -- 9.1 Retrotopia as a Retrogressive Force -- 9.2 Post-welfare (N)ostalgia -- 9.3 The Performative Style of PEGIDA -- 9.4 German Vergangenheitsbew�altigung as a Cultural Argument Against the Absolute Muslim Other -- 9.5 Retrotopian Performance of Culture as a Retrogressive Force -- References -- Part III: Emancipatory Initiatives Mobilizing Beyond Politics -- Chapter 10: Challenging Misconceptions: Danish Civil Society in Times of Crisis -- 10.1 Understanding Crises in the Danish Context -- 10.1.1 Research Approach -- 10.2 Civil Society and Infrastructures of Dissent.

10.3 Venligboerne: A Brief Summary -- 10.3.1 Organizational Structure -- 10.3.2 Network, Alliances and the Refugee Solidarity Movement -- 10.3.3 Civil Society and Communities of Learning -- 10.3.4 Infrastructure of Dissent in Times of Change and Insecurity -- 10.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: "Impossible" Activism and the Right to Be Understood: The Emergent Refugee Rights Movement in Finland -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 From Grateful Refugee to Political Subject -- 11.3 Towards Becoming Understood -- 11.4 Material and Method -- 11.5 The Reasons to Protest and the Formation of the Camp -- 11.5.1 Who Represents Whom? -- 11.5.2 Law, Order, and Security in Legacy Media -- 11.5.3 Human Rights and Welfare in Social Media -- 11.6 Strategies and Obstacles for Being Understood -- References -- Chapter 12: Hope as Master Frame in Feminist Mobilization: Between Liberal NGO-ization and Radical-Intersectional Street Politics -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Recognition, Redistribution, and Power Struggles -- 12.3 Class and Gender During Post-communist Transition -- 12.4 Feminism After 1989: Between NGO-ization and Street Movement -- 12.5 Intersectional Emancipatory Struggles and Street Feminism -- 12.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: Latin American Transnational Political Engagement: Steering Civic Movements and Cultural Repertoires from the Global City of Brussels -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Scaling Transnational Fields of Mobilization from a Global City -- 13.2.1 Brussels the Global City -- 13.2.2 Methods -- 13.3 Challenging One's Place in the Belgian Welfare State: From the Global City of Brussels -- 13.4 Constructing a Transnational Field of Mobilization from Brussels: Mexican Migrants Engaging to Change the Political System in their Homeland -- 13.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Epilogue.

Chapter 14: Civil Society Between Populism and Anti-populism -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 "Protecting" Communities -- 14.3 "Bad" Civil Society, But Bad for Whom? -- 14.4 The Features of Uncivil Society -- 14.4.1 A Typology of Bad Civil Society -- 14.5 European Uncivil Civil Society -- 14.6 By Way of Conclusion -- References.

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