Jan Willem Duyvendak Knihy

"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

The author analyzes the evolution of New Social Movements (NSM) in France compared to Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. He argues that by the 1980s, France's NSMs were less robust due to the country's entrenched tradition of "old" political conflicts, which hindered the emergence of newer movements. This comparative study highlights the impact of historical political contexts on social activism in these European nations.