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Chapter 12. Sweden

“Go Jimmie go!”: The voices of Sweden Democrat supporters
  • Anna W. Gustafsson and Charlotta Seiler Brylla
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Abstract

The Sweden Democrats is a nationalist right-wing populist party with roots in neo-Nazism and white supremacist beliefs. The party has experienced continuous progress during the last decade in Sweden, attracting 20.5 per cent of the vote in the general election of 2022. A combination of discourse analytical methods is applied to study the comment sections of the party’s official social media accounts during the EU election 2019 in order to explore what topics are most engaging to the supporters and what discursive strategies the supporters use to position themselves in relation to politicians, to other parties or to political topics. Particular attention is paid to the role of affirmative and evaluative practices to build ingroup identity.

Abstract

The Sweden Democrats is a nationalist right-wing populist party with roots in neo-Nazism and white supremacist beliefs. The party has experienced continuous progress during the last decade in Sweden, attracting 20.5 per cent of the vote in the general election of 2022. A combination of discourse analytical methods is applied to study the comment sections of the party’s official social media accounts during the EU election 2019 in order to explore what topics are most engaging to the supporters and what discursive strategies the supporters use to position themselves in relation to politicians, to other parties or to political topics. Particular attention is paid to the role of affirmative and evaluative practices to build ingroup identity.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 2. Populism and populism studies 17
  5. Chapter 3. Germany 35
  6. Chapter 4. Austria 58
  7. Chapter 5. Hungary 78
  8. Chapter 6. Croatia and Slovenia 111
  9. Chapter 7. Italy 140
  10. Chapter 8. Spain 162
  11. Chapter 9. France 187
  12. Chapter 10. England and Wales 210
  13. Chapter 11. Scotland 236
  14. Chapter 12. Sweden 257
  15. Chapter 13. The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe 280
  16. References 293
  17. Index 329
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.101.c12

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 2. Populism and populism studies 17
  5. Chapter 3. Germany 35
  6. Chapter 4. Austria 58
  7. Chapter 5. Hungary 78
  8. Chapter 6. Croatia and Slovenia 111
  9. Chapter 7. Italy 140
  10. Chapter 8. Spain 162
  11. Chapter 9. France 187
  12. Chapter 10. England and Wales 210
  13. Chapter 11. Scotland 236
  14. Chapter 12. Sweden 257
  15. Chapter 13. The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe 280
  16. References 293
  17. Index 329
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