Xenophobia in Germany as a "Country of Immigration: The Nation-State in Globalization

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03874
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Shigeki 法政大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90292466)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 排外主義 / 右翼ポピュリズム / ペギーダ / AfD / ナショナリズム / 国民国家 / 移民 / 難民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Examining narratives of "Pegida" and the AfD in the German public discourse, this research provides a new perspective on xenophobia and right-wing populism, which recently emerged in Europe. Right-wing populism, in particular, is commonly discussed in terms of the "left-right" political spectrum. But the AfD uses a dichotic code of "national vs. global" to attack the policies and politics of the "world-open", allegedly globally-oriented federal government and major political parties and to hail the primacy of national interests and legitimize national citizens favoritism. By evoking this dichotic code, which cross-cuts the existing "left-right" dichotomy, the AfD succeeds, to some extent, to gain votes from a wide political spectrum and establish social bases of supporters beyond the narrow "niches" of the extreme right.

Free Research Field

社会学，ナショナリズムと国民国家の比較歴史社会学的研究