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Makt, migration och människor, en studie om högerpopulismens hårda grepp om en allt svagare liberal demokrati

Behre, Ebba LU (2021) STVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis aims to bring a greater understanding of the normalization of right-wing populism by analysing the immigration discourse of Donald Trump and the way he speaks about building the Wall against Mexico. In this study, three different transcripts of his speeches are analysed with a critical discourse theory and the right- wing theoretical framework of Ruth Wodak. These methodological and theoretical choices allow the analysis to identify and further investigate the right- wing discourse in the immigration policy and the potential effects of these social practices. The results of the study show that Trumps exhibits a right-wing discourse that realises on the identification of the Mexican people as the scapegoat of an immigration... (More)
This thesis aims to bring a greater understanding of the normalization of right-wing populism by analysing the immigration discourse of Donald Trump and the way he speaks about building the Wall against Mexico. In this study, three different transcripts of his speeches are analysed with a critical discourse theory and the right- wing theoretical framework of Ruth Wodak. These methodological and theoretical choices allow the analysis to identify and further investigate the right- wing discourse in the immigration policy and the potential effects of these social practices. The results of the study show that Trumps exhibits a right-wing discourse that realises on the identification of the Mexican people as the scapegoat of an immigration crisis. This discourse identifies Trump’s way of portraying the illegal immigration as one of the biggest threats to American security and legitimizing of the plan to build a wall against Mexico. (Less)
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author
Behre, Ebba LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Donald Trump, right-wingpopulism, migration policy, immigrant discourse, politics of Walls, border, critical discourse theory
language
Swedish
id
9045295
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 11:34:40
date last changed
2021-07-06 11:34:40
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to bring a greater understanding of the normalization of right-wing populism by analysing the immigration discourse of Donald Trump and the way he speaks about building the Wall against Mexico. In this study, three different transcripts of his speeches are analysed with a critical discourse theory and the right- wing theoretical framework of Ruth Wodak. These methodological and theoretical choices allow the analysis to identify and further investigate the right- wing discourse in the immigration policy and the potential effects of these social practices. The results of the study show that Trumps exhibits a right-wing discourse that realises on the identification of the Mexican people as the scapegoat of an immigration crisis. This discourse identifies Trump’s way of portraying the illegal immigration as one of the biggest threats to American security and legitimizing of the plan to build a wall against Mexico.}},
  author       = {{Behre, Ebba}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Makt, migration och människor, en studie om högerpopulismens hårda grepp om en allt svagare liberal demokrati}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}