The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the German National Identity in the Right-Wing Political Discourse on Refugees, Migrants, and Foreigners
This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. Germany, which has taken on close to a million refugees from t