Today,the rise of racially charged right-wing populist parties in Western countries and regions reflects the change of the times and the West,exerting an important impact on the global political trend.Immigration is one of the key factors explaining the rise of radical right-wing populist parties.In Sweden,issues relating to immigration and race are becoming part of the ideology and mainstream discourse of radical populist right-wing parties.Electoral results in recent years have shown that the Sweden Democratic Party has become a significant political force in the country,securing sustained electoral success through nationalist and anti-immigration political strategies.These strategies rely heavily on narrow notions of nationalism,which label outsiders as"scapegoats"of social problems,while"race","immigrants","refugees"and"asylum seekers"have given rise to xenophobic ideology or discourse that reflects and caters to rising anti-immigration sentiment among domestic public.In fact,the success of the Sweden Democratic Party depends on managing and hyping the immigration issue.Driven by new dynamics and problems of immigration in Sweden,nationalist politics,xenophobic politics,fear politics,media politics,patriarchal politics,emotional politics,etc.are integrated under the framework of immigration.The rise of the Sweden Democratic Party is also part of a wave of right-wing populism in Europe,a metaphor for the trend of"mainstreaming"and"legitimizing"right-wing populism across the West.An in-depth study of the conjugated development relationship between the immigration issue and the rise of the Sweden Democratic Party can provide an important analytical framework for understanding the basic characteristics and development trend of right-wing populism in Western countries today.
ImmigrationRight-wing populismNationalismSweden Democratic Party