Date: 2023
Type: Thesis
With us but from outside? : problematizing the conceptualization of migration in left-wing populist discourses : the case of 'La France Insoumise'
Florence : European University Institute, 2023, EUI, STG, Master Thesis, 2023
TORRON, Charles Ruben Ulysse, With us but from outside? : problematizing the conceptualization of migration in left-wing populist discourses : the case of 'La France Insoumise', Florence : European University Institute, 2023, EUI, STG, Master Thesis, 2023 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76069
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In the contemporary situation of migration securitization, it is necessary to challenge how progressive political agents conceptualize inclusivity towards outgroups. In only a few years, new left-wing political parties, labelled as populists, progressively made their way to the forefront of the European left-wing political stage, and showcase an opportunity to complete this endeavour. Specifically, the French case crystallizes faithfully all the trends listed above: a strong securitization of migration, an anti-immigration political party ever closer to win the presidential election, and La France Insoumise, a left-wing political party, that managed to reorganize the domestic political stage in only a decade. This leads to the research question the thesis seeks to address: Can La France Insoumise be considered as a case of inclusive populism? Findings showcase that the populist party does challenge the symbolic borders that migrants face upon their arrival but could complete better inclusivity be de-essentializing its vision of the domestic job-market. Finally, the thesis suggests that problematizing inclusivity around the specific symbolic borders that migrants come upon opens new pathways to assess progressive agents’ conceptualization of migration.
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Award date: 15 June 2023; Supervisor: Kalypso Nicolaïdis, European University Institute
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76069
Series/Number: EUI; STG; Master Thesis; 2023
Publisher: European University Institute
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