Rethinking ‘nativism’: beyond the ideational approach

Existing ideational approaches to nativism tend conflate the concept with nationalism, xenophobia and populism, as well overlooking role of racism racialisation in process constructing non-native ‘out-group’, against native ‘in-group’. Inspired by Discourse Theoretical approach this article offers a significant conceptual contribution studies on far right interpreting racist xenophobic discourse structured around an exclusionary vision nation. This conceptualisation helps identify how xenophobia, all contribute nativist discourse, can be clearly demarcated from arguments articulated parties beyond right.