Dal negazionismo all'ambientalismo? Il nazionalismo climatico come possibile nuova issue della destra radicale populista in Europa

From denialism to environmentalism? Climate nationalism as the possible new issue of the populist radical right in Europe

Aurelia Zucaro

Abstract


Nonostante la maggior parte della letteratura concordi sul fatto che l’ambientalismo è un tema a cui la destra radicale guarda con scetticismo, assumendo spesso posizioni negazioniste quando ci si riferisce al cambiamento climatico antropogenico (ACC), studi più recenti hanno rilevato un cambiamento di rotta nella narrativa dei Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRP) in merito alla issue ambientale e nello spazio ideologico-politico del nazionalismo. In particolare, è stato fatto notare come tale tematica, attraverso la prospettiva del nazionalismo climatico, si presti a riempire l’ideologia “sottile” di questi partiti e a diventare una possibile nuova issue identificativa (al pari delle più dibattute immigrazione e sicurezza). Attraverso una revisione critica della letteratura, l’articolo propone una riflessione sul rapporto problematico che emerge tra nazionalismo e tema ambientale per i PRRP, nell’ottica degli studi sul reframing delle issue nello spazio della competizione elettorale.

 

Although most of the literature agrees that environmentalism is an issue that the radical right looks at skeptically, often taking denialist positions when referring to anthropogenic climate change (ACC), more recent studies have noted a shift in the Populist Radical Right Parties’ (PRRPs) narrative regarding the environmental issue and in the ideological-political space of nationalism. In particular, it has been pointed out how this issue, through the perspective of climate nationalism, lends itself to filling the “thin” ideology of these parties and becoming a possible new identifying issue (on par with the more debated immigration and security). Through a critical review of the literature, the article offers a reflection on the problematic relationship that emerges between nationalism and environmental issues for PRRPs, from the perspective of issue reframing studies in the space of electoral competition.


Parole chiave


Comunicazione politica; nazionalismo; clima; destra radicale; partiti; political communication; nationalism; climate; radical right; parties

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