Populism and Borders: Tools for Constructing “The People” and Legitimizing Exclusion
Journal: Journal of Borderlands Studies
Year: 2022

This article argues theoretically and illustrates empirically that the "border" and "populism" are mutually constitutive concepts and should be considered as epistemic frameworks to understand each other. It compares quantitatively and qualitatively the electoral manifestos of four radical right parties -Vox, RN, UKIP, and Brexit Party-, and shows that borders are basic factors in the process of decontestation of "the people" and construction of exclusion-inclusion narratives. Likewise, this ana