1st Edition

Nationalist Responses to the Crises in Europe Old and New Hatreds

By Cathrine Thorleifsson Copyright 2019
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The last few years have witnessed a remarkable resurgence of populist nationalism as indicated by Brexit, the Trump presidency and the rise of radical parties of the far right. Nationalist Responses to the Crises in Eu rope examines the drivers, methods and local appeal of populist nationalism. Based on multi-sited fieldwork in England, Hungary and Norway, Cathrine Thorleifsson explores the... Read more

List of Figures



Preface



Introduction: Rupture and Resentment in Twenty-First Century Europe



1. From Coal to Ukip: The Struggle Over Identity in Post-Industrial Doncaster



2. In Pursuit of Purity: Populism and The Politics of Whiteness



3. Disposable Strangers: Far Right Securitisation of Migration in Hungary



4. The Swedish Dystopia: Violent Imaginaries of The Radical Right



5. Human Waste in The Land of Abundance: Prejudice and Ambivalence Towards Itinerant Roma



6. ConclusionBibliography



Index

Biography

Cathrine Thorleifsson is a researcher at the Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo, Norway. She earned a PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2012, and from 2014-2017 she was a postdoctoral fellow at the ERC-funded project "Overheating: the three crises of globalization." She is the author of Nationalism and the Politics of Fear in Israel: Race and Identity on the Border with Lebanon (2015). ​