TY - JOUR

T1 - The Volatility of the Discourse on Refugees in Germany

AU - Vollmer, Bastian

AU - Karakayali, Serhat

PY - 2018/4/3

Y1 - 2018/4/3

N2 - The anti-immigration continuum of public attitude-media-politics has undergone changes in the course of the “refugee crisis” in Germany. By examining migrant representations and discursive events taking place in 2015 and early 2016, we will show the volatility of the recent discourse on refugees. A historical/critical discourse analysis will show how new topoi arose and old topoi of the security/power paradigm have lastly reconquered the discourse. Using newspaper coverage, we discuss discursive events in three main sections: borders, arrival, and presence. Discursive shifts have taken place that have had an impact on the configuration of migration categories such as migrants or refugees.

AB - The anti-immigration continuum of public attitude-media-politics has undergone changes in the course of the “refugee crisis” in Germany. By examining migrant representations and discursive events taking place in 2015 and early 2016, we will show the volatility of the recent discourse on refugees. A historical/critical discourse analysis will show how new topoi arose and old topoi of the security/power paradigm have lastly reconquered the discourse. Using newspaper coverage, we discuss discursive events in three main sections: borders, arrival, and presence. Discursive shifts have taken place that have had an impact on the configuration of migration categories such as migrants or refugees.

KW - discourse

KW - European Union

KW - Germany

KW - Migration

KW - policy

KW - politics

KW - Sociology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015694203&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/15562948.2017.1288284

DO - 10.1080/15562948.2017.1288284

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85015694203

VL - 16

SP - 118

EP - 139

JO - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

JF - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

SN - 1556-2948

IS - 1-2

ER -