Discursive Shifts in Ethno-Nationalist Politics: On Politicization and Mediatization of the "Refugee Crisis" in Poland

Krzyzanowski, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-4073-2831 (2018) Discursive Shifts in Ethno-Nationalist Politics: On Politicization and Mediatization of the "Refugee Crisis" in Poland. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 16 (1-2). pp. 76-96.

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Abstract

This paper analyzes politicization and mediatization of immigration in Poland in the context of the recent European "refugee crisis." Although largely absent from Polish political discourse after 1989, anti-refugee and anti-immigration rhetoric has recently become extremely politically potent in Poland. The analysis shows that, soon taken over by other political groups, the new anti-immigration discourses have been enacted in Poland's public sphere by the right-wing populist party PiS (Law and Justice). Its discourse in offline and online media has drawn on discursive patterns including Islamophobia, Euro-scepticism, anti-internationalism, and historical patterns and templates of discrimination such as anti-Semitism.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Refugee crisis, Poland, anti-immigration rhetoric, critical discourse studies, right-wing populism, politicization, mediatization
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2017 07:46
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:51
DOI:	10.1080/15562948.2017.1317897
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3011471