The transversal political logic of populism : framing the ‘refugee crisis’ in Slovenian parliamentary debates

Pajnik, Mojca (author), Fabijan, Emanuela (author)

Approaching populism at the intersection of ideology and discourse, in this article we analyse how politicians in Slovenia responded to migration during and after the ‘refugee crisis’ (2015–2019). Based on a frame analysis of parliamentary debates that addressed migration, we explore differences and similarities in the speeches of different politicians and identify ‘populist frames’ that reveal how various actors speak about migration. We argue that distinct features of populist communication extend from exclusionary, ethnonationalistic populist frames to inclusionary solidary discourses, reflecting the transversal political logic of populism that fits the ideological maps of political actors.

• Language: English
• Keywords: populism, parliamentary debates, migration, refugees, Slovenia
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences; FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 742–768
• Numbering: Vol. 75, no. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-143605
• UDC: 329
• ISSN on article: 0966-8136
• DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2022.2151979
• COBISS.SI-ID: 135921411
• Publication date in RUL: 03.01.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Europe-Asia studies
• Shortened title: Eur.-Asia stud.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0966-8136
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5711364

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Description: The most restrictive Creative Commons license. This only allows people to download and share the work for no commercial gain and for no other purposes.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: populizem, politično govorništvo, izseljevanje, priseljevanje, begunci, Slovenija

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J5-9445
• Name: Politični in medijski populizem: "begunska kriza" v Sloveniji in Avstriji

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Norface Network
• Project number: 462-19-080