Anti-Immigration Discourses in Hungary during the ‘Crisis’ Year: The Orbán Government’s ‘National Consultation’ Campaign of 2015
@article{Bocskor2018AntiImmigrationDI, title={Anti-Immigration Discourses in Hungary during the ‘Crisis’ Year: The Orb{\'a}n Government’s ‘National Consultation’ Campaign of 2015}, author={{\'A}kos Bocskor}, journal={Sociology}, year={2018}, volume={52}, pages={551 - 568} }
This article conducts a critical discourse analysis of the Hungarian government’s National Consultation campaign on ‘immigration and terrorism’ in early 2015. The analysis draws on a discourse-historical approach to illuminate how the language and contents of the consultation draw on the discursive and political repertoires of the post-2010 Orbán governments and how, at the same time, they are underpinned by particular elements in the history of migration and diversity in Hungary. The…
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