Zum "Schutz des Volkes" gegen Gender. Eine geschlechterpolitische Verortung der FPÖ

Stern V, Falter M. Zum "Schutz des Volkes" gegen Gender. Eine geschlechterpolitische Verortung der FPÖ. In: FIPU - Forschungsgruppe Ideologien und Politiken der Ungleichheit, ed. Rechtsextremismus Band 3: Geschlechterreflektierte Perspektiven. Rechtsextremismus. Vol Band 3. Wien: Mandelbaum; 2019: 185-204

Political cultures compared : the Muhammad cartoons in the Danish and British press

One outcome of the Muhammad cartoons controversy has been an opportunity for comparative critical examination of public discourse on conceptions of citizenship and belonging vis-à-vis Muslim minorities in different national contexts. In this article, we focus upon the press reaction in two north-western European countries that on first appearance offer radically different cases. While Britain is a formerly imperial power where 'legitimate' public articulations of the collective 'we' must take stock of the sensibilities in this diverse inheritance, Denmark's emergence as a modern constitutional state is premised on a cultural, linguistic and ethnic homogeneity. It would only be fair to anticipate, therefore, that any comparison of press discourse on matters of religious minority toleration and respect for difference would herald very different outcomes to these traditions. Yet this article shows that, on closer inspection, Jyllands-Posten's more 'radical' approach marked a departure from other Danish newspapers in a manner that left it relatively isolated, and that the self-restraint shown by the British press in not reprinting the cartoons was far from universally supported, and subject to significant internal criticism. Indeed, the press discourse in both countries cast the reaction to the cartoons controversy by Muslims themselves as a sign of failed integration, and each moreover stressed a need for civility and respect - even where there was disagreement over the kinds of 'dialogue' that should take place. Nevertheless, significant divergences and cleavages remained, and the explanation for these differences rests not only on Britain's more 'multicultural' traditions, but also the experiences of the Rushdie affair and the subsequent debate that had already taken place in Britain. What is striking is the ways in which the Danish discourse appears to be plotting a course that is not that radically different from one taken in the British case, specifically the extent to which a recognition of religious minority sensibilities needs to be offset with a civic incorporation that is cast in interdependent terms in a way that is inclusive of - and not alienating to - Muslims

Promises of hope or threats of domination: Chinese mining in Greenland

Chinese investment plans in Greenland have been viewed by various Greenlandic governments with high hopes while their Danish counterparts have been much more reluctant and fearful of what some sort of orchestrated Chinese intervention would mean for the autonomous and supposedly less experienced part of the Danish Kingdom. Despite expectations, actual Chinese actions have not materialized in any of the ways that Greenland and Denmark have hoped or feared which could suggest that China’s interest in Greenland was not as once thought. This article discusses the strategic implications of mining in Greenland, questioning the assumed coherence of Chinese interests and also examining both Greenland’s and Denmark’s role in staging strategic narratives. The article argues that while it is possible to identify Chinese state actors that believe Greenland should be highly prioritized, their approach so far has been very fragmented. In fact, the idea of a co-ordinated Chinese approach appears to have mainly been created in the contestation between Greenlandic hopes and Danish fears