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Radical Right-Wing Populism and Borders: Positioning antagonistic discourses in the (de)bounded spaces of power
Edited by Christian Lamour and Oscar Mazzoleni
[Journal of Language and Politics 23:3] 2024
► pp. 307–322
Introduction

Positioning antagonistic discourses in the (de)bounded spaces of power

ORCID logo | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
ORCID logo | University of Lausanne

Scholarship has underlined how radical right-wing populism (RRWP) emphasizes border control aiming to protect the “people”. Although increasing attention is being paid to the discursive dimensions of border construction, the complexity of the phenomenon suggests the need for further analysis in an interdisciplinary perspective and with an emphasis on the geometry of spatial powers (Massey 1999, 2005). Understanding power dynamics in space is all the more important now that radical right-wing populism (RRWP) is becoming a key political phenomenon. The use of the border in right-wing populist narratives draws on the representation of power struggles in space concerning the management of flows (people, goods, services, capital, ideas, values, etc.). The scope of the introduction to this special issue is to address the connection between radical right-wing populism, borders, and spaces of power, and to present the research articles investigating this link through a series of different case studies.

Keywords: radical right-wing populism, borders, power geometries, discourse analysis, liberal hegemony, illiberal counter-hegemony
Article outline
  • 1.Defining actors and antagonism in spatial struggles
  • 2.Hegemony and counter-hegemony in the current global era
  • 3.Bordering and networking for a new order
  • 4.Relational spaces and power geometries
  • 5.The articles in the special issue
  • References
Published online: 21 March 2024
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