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Title
Pauline Hanson, One Nation (PHON) and Right-Wing Protective Popular Nationalism: Monocultural Tendencies at the Expense of Social Cohesion
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Flannery, Belinda J
Publication Date
2019
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Early Online Version
Abstract
This chapter offers a new conceptualisation of popular nationalism in Australia, termed right-wing protective popular nationalism (RWPPN). Taken from theoretical underpinnings which suggest that the rise of popular nationalism in Australia links with the Hanson phenomenon, RWPPN concerns a desire to protect and preserve the national culture and way of life. It associates strongly with a sense of national identity which is defined, at least in part, by opposition to multiculturalism and prejudice to non-white/Anglo ethnic groups. To understand the interplay between RWPPN and twelve other psychological profiling variables (which we argue are related to Hansonism and a broader discourse of ethnic inclusion and exclusion), we present a cluster analysis. Cluster analysis is commonly used in audience segmentation studies to show how the population divides naturally into different groups. The analysis revealed three clear segments in participants’ level of RWPPN sentiment and responses to ethnic groups in Australia, which we labelled “inclusive” (low RWPPN), “guarded” (med RWPPN), and “exclusive” (high RWPPN). The “exclusive” group is strongly emotive and quite large, but is nonetheless outnumbered by the “inclusive” group. Based on these results, we conclude that RWPPN relates to monocultural tendencies and that it does so at the expense of social cohesion.
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
The Rise of Right-Populism: Pauline Hanson's One Nation and Australian Politics, p. 63-76
Publisher
Springer
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
2018-09-29
Place of Publication
Singapore
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
ISBN
9789811326691
981132669X
9789811326707
9811326703
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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