“Africa does not Fit in Europe”

A Comparative Analysis of Anti-Immigration Parties’ Discourse in Spain and Italy

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https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.i51y2021.008

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discurso anti-inmigración, discurso político, populismo, partidos de extrema derecha

Resumen

La politización de la inmigración ha llevado el tema la inmigración al centro del debate político-electoral, creando el caldo de cultivo para el éxito de los partidos populistas de derecha.

Este artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar la narrativa de la inmigración y su politización en el discurso de VOX, comparándola con el partido italiano Lega.

El análisis revela que ambos partidos comparten las características clásicas del populismo nativista: la representación de un pueblo virtuoso y trabajador, amenazado por la invasión de algunos “otros”, los inmigrantes, que se entran en el espacio soberano de los nativos para explotar y cometer crímenes. En ambos casos, se manipula el concepto de espacio, representando a los países como espacios limitados y a los inmigrantes como una amenaza, para legitimar las respuestas políticas negativas.

El estudio también identifica una novedad: la construcción de las ONG de rescate como el nuevo actor antagonista.

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2021-05-07

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Cervi, L., & Tejedor, S. (2021). “Africa does not Fit in Europe”: A Comparative Analysis of Anti-Immigration Parties’ Discourse in Spain and Italy. Migraciones. Publicación Del Instituto Universitario De Estudios Sobre Migraciones, (51), 207–239. https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.i51y2021.008