The Return of the Native

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"What we are seeing at present is the return, or perhaps better put, the dramatic increase in the deployment of the category native and, with this, an increasing hostility towards those who are considered non-native. Not only are well-rehearsed nativist discourses of class, race and religion surfacing in the political mainstream, but uniquely to this latest resurgence of nativism, liberal ideas and discourses themselves are being held up as ideological benchmarks by which to measure whether or not people belong to the nation. The nativist logic has thus spread across nations, across the political spectrum, from the fringes back into the mainstream, and into heretofore-thought safe political discourses. This book will explore how and why this has happened"-- Résumé de l'éditeur