Ideological Boundary-Making: Representing Immigrants in an Anti-Immigration Party

Author(s) : Dina Bader, Alexandra Feddersen

Source : https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0011

Abstract:

“How can migrant organisations affiliated to anti-immigration political parties reconcile their party’s ideology with the representation of immigrants? Based on a website content analysis, this article investigates the representative claims of a migrant group affiliated to the Swiss People’s Party. Comparing them to the discourse of its left-wing counterpart, the findings show that the group sets ideological boundaries between immigrants, establishing a hierarchy that enables it to contrast its members with the immigrants targeted by its party.”

Keywords: Migrant organisations, radical right, representative claims, boundary-making, Switzerland