Right-Wing Populism and International Issues: A Case Study of the AfD

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)90-108
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftGerman Politics and Society
Jahrgang38
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2020

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Most studies analyze right-wing populism in the framework of the nation state, while its impact on foreign policy is understudied. This article focuses on the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) to highlight its foreign policy stance. How is the AfD deliberately operating not only nationally but also on the European level? What are their aims and goals? How has the surge in right-wing populism impacted international issues and what does the rise of the right mean for Germany's role in Europe and in world politics? In the first part of the paper, I contextualize the rise and significance of right-wing populism in Germany within the framework of social and political theory. Second, I address the AfD's position to European affairs more specifically, including its stance in the European Parliament elections in 2019. Third, I highlight key topoi of the AfD' s position regarding the eu, the United States and nato by drawing on critical discourse analysis. The analysis shows that the AfD is aiming to redefine Germanys foreign policy consensus based on the special responsibility paradigm that has characterized Germanys foreign policy after World War II. The party is not only nationalistic in outlook but moreover aiming to revise key paradigms of Germanys foreign and European policies.

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Right-Wing Populism and International Issues: A Case Study of the AfD. / Lemke, Christiane.
in: German Politics and Society, Jahrgang 38, Nr. 2, 2020, S. 90-108.

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Lemke, C 2020, 'Right-Wing Populism and International Issues: A Case Study of the AfD', German Politics and Society, Jg. 38, Nr. 2, S. 90-108. https://doi.org/10.3167/GPS.2020.380204
Lemke C. Right-Wing Populism and International Issues: A Case Study of the AfD. German Politics and Society. 2020;38(2):90-108. doi: 10.3167/GPS.2020.380204
Lemke, Christiane. / Right-Wing Populism and International Issues : A Case Study of the AfD. in: German Politics and Society. 2020 ; Jahrgang 38, Nr. 2. S. 90-108.
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