Bart Bonikowski Nationalism in Settled Times
Introduction
The mid 2010s have witnessed a resurgence of nationalist discourse in the United States, mirroring longer-term trends in the European public sphere. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have articulated visions of their nations under siege—by immigrants, refugees, domestic minority populations, and these groups’ ostensible accomplices among the political and cultural elites. Evoking nostalgia for the nation’s bygone glory days, these diagnoses have been coupled with sundry policy proposals aimed at making the country great again, to paraphrase Donald Trump’s campaign slogan: from the tightening of national borders, increased surveillance of national populations, and scaling back of supranational integration to an ill-fitting mix of foreign policy isolationism and hawkish calls for unilateral projection of military power abroad. Narratives of the nation’s putative failings have resonated with beliefs deeply held by large segments of the voting public, laying bare cultural cleavages that are likely to shape election outcomes, policy decisions, and social movement mobilization.
Source: The Annual Review of Sociology, 2016
Introduction
The mid 2010s have witnessed a resurgence of nationalist discourse in the United States, mirroring longer-term trends in the European public sphere. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have articulated visions of their nations under siege—by immigrants, refugees, domestic minority populations, and these groups’ ostensible accomplices among the political and cultural elites. Evoking nostalgia for the nation’s bygone glory days, these diagnoses have been coupled with sundry policy proposals aimed at making the country great again, to paraphrase Donald Trump’s campaign slogan: from the tightening of national borders, increased surveillance of national populations, and scaling back of supranational integration to an ill-fitting mix of foreign policy isolationism and hawkish calls for unilateral projection of military power abroad. Narratives of the nation’s putative failings have resonated with beliefs deeply held by large segments of the voting public, laying bare cultural cleavages that are likely to shape election outcomes, policy decisions, and social movement mobilization.
Source: The Annual Review of Sociology, 2016
Introduction
The mid 2010s have witnessed a resurgence of nationalist discourse in the United States, mirroring longer-term trends in the European public sphere. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have articulated visions of their nations under siege—by immigrants, refugees, domestic minority populations, and these groups’ ostensible accomplices among the political and cultural elites. Evoking nostalgia for the nation’s bygone glory days, these diagnoses have been coupled with sundry policy proposals aimed at making the country great again, to paraphrase Donald Trump’s campaign slogan: from the tightening of national borders, increased surveillance of national populations, and scaling back of supranational integration to an ill-fitting mix of foreign policy isolationism and hawkish calls for unilateral projection of military power abroad. Narratives of the nation’s putative failings have resonated with beliefs deeply held by large segments of the voting public, laying bare cultural cleavages that are likely to shape election outcomes, policy decisions, and social movement mobilization.
Source: The Annual Review of Sociology, 2016
Introduction
The mid 2010s have witnessed a resurgence of nationalist discourse in the United States, mirroring longer-term trends in the European public sphere. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have articulated visions of their nations under siege—by immigrants, refugees, domestic minority populations, and these groups’ ostensible accomplices among the political and cultural elites. Evoking nostalgia for the nation’s bygone glory days, these diagnoses have been coupled with sundry policy proposals aimed at making the country great again, to paraphrase Donald Trump’s campaign slogan: from the tightening of national borders, increased surveillance of national populations, and scaling back of supranational integration to an ill-fitting mix of foreign policy isolationism and hawkish calls for unilateral projection of military power abroad. Narratives of the nation’s putative failings have resonated with beliefs deeply held by large segments of the voting public, laying bare cultural cleavages that are likely to shape election outcomes, policy decisions, and social movement mobilization.
Source: The Annual Review of Sociology, 2016