NATIONALIST OR NATIVIST POLITICS? CASE STUDY OF THE DANISH PEOPLE’S PARTY

Authors : Sertan AKBABA

Pages : 33-57

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Publication Date : 2016-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Radical right - wing European parties are developing politics of resistance,  criticism, and a certain amount of backlash, either towards European  integration or, more broadly, towards globalisation. Nonetheless, and as  addressed in this article, the question is in what context do radical right - wing parties pursue these policies? Is  it a national backlash or an attempt at cultural  reproduction in an era of acculturation within multiple civil societies of the  European Union insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EU);? In becoming more transnational in terms of customs, capital, and people flowing across borders, it is beco ming increasingly difficult  to analyse radical right - wing European politics via modern nationalism. For  this very reason, this article attempts to clarify the politics of the radical right  via nativism, thereby opening a debate about the native and non - nat ive within  the European context. The article supports this hypothesis with the case of   the Danish Peoples Party insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DPP);. According to the findings reported in this  article, the nativist politics pursued by the DPP exceeds the ordinary definition  of ‘nation,’ defining both ‘Danishness’ and ‘Europeaness’ in terms of nativism  in Europe, rather than in terms of nationalism. 
Keywords : Nationalism, Nativism, Danish Peoples Party, Party Politics, EU