The Rise of Racism in Europe : A Comparative Study of Islamophobia in France, England and The Netherlands

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380712
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Kikuchi Keisuke 同志社大学, グローバル・スタディーズ研究科, 准教授 (70536945)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: レイシズム / 排外主義 / イスラムフォビア / ポピュリズム / 移民・難民 / 新自由主義 / 階層格差 / 福祉国家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on the rise of racism and xenophobia in Europe. The aim was to analyze the structural causes for the rise of the extreme right in Europe since the 1990, based on a comparative study of islamophobia in France, England and the Netherlands.Three factors emerged from our analysis: First, the consequences of neo-liberal policies in Europe which not only increased the inequality between classes, but also divided the European Union between the center and the periphery. Second, the rise of abstention among the working classes following the neoliberal turn of social-democratic parties. Finally, the transformation of the far right parties in the wake of the Dutch populists like Pim Fortuyn or Geert Wilders. It is the conjunction of these three elements which seems essential to understand the reasons for this great political regression.

Free Research Field

社会学