The Production of (Un)deserving and (Un)acceptable : Shifting Representations of Migrants within Political Discourse in Slovakia
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325417745127" target="_blank" >10.1177/0888325417745127</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Production of (Un)deserving and (Un)acceptable : Shifting Representations of Migrants within Political Discourse in Slovakia
Original language description
The paper examines political discourse in Slovakia, particularly the representations of and ideas about refugees and the relevant topics employed in political, explanations and representations of refugees constructed and employed within political argumentation. The text reveals the main discursive legitimation strategies present in the political framing of refugees, resulting in the non-acceptance of non-Christian refugees. Among these, positive us- and negative other-representation, together with denial, moral evaluation and discursively declared risk based on religion, prove to be the main ones employed for symbolic and physical boundary construction. In this case, the dividing line between “Slovaks” and “others” has been formed around cultural (religious) adaptability, consequently connected to (un)deservingness of solidarity. Different topics are employed before and after adoption of the European Union refugee redistribution system. Economic interests, border protection, and organized crime are applied as main themes of legitimation strategies in the pre-quota period, while cultural interest, identity protection, and terrorism are employed in the post-quota period. They function as a background for argumentation, knowledge production, political decision-making and wider identity-building and national self-determination processes. In the wider context of globalization and Europeanization trends, Christianity becomes an iconic response to global changes and it is used as a mobilizing tool for invoking nationalist and anti-European Union sentiment. Moreover, as the political strategies and responses employed in other Central and Eastern European countries are similar, the Slovak case might be applied more generally and thus, provide deeper understanding of the political responses and state-building processes of other countries in the region.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
East European Politics and Societies
ISSN
0888-3254
e-ISSN
1533-8371
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
743-766
UT code for WoS article
000447507200004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85055537575