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The Rise of Nationalism : The Influence of Populist Discourses on International Student Mobility and Migration in the UK and US (2020)

Weimer, L., & Barlete, A. (2020). The Rise of Nationalism : The Influence of Populist Discourses on International Student Mobility and Migration in the UK and US. In L. Weimer, & T. Nokkala (Eds.), Universities as Political Institutions : Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic and Social Pressures (pp. 33-57). Brill Sense. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series, 12. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004422582_003

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Weimer, Leasa; Barlete, Aliandra

Parent publication: Universities as Political Institutions : Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic and Social Pressures

Parent publication editors: Weimer, Leasa; Nokkala, Terhi

ISBN: 978-90-04-42257-5

eISBN: 978-90-04-42258-2

Journal or series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series

ISSN: 2542-8837

Publication year: 2020

Number in series: 12

Pages range: 33-57

Number of pages in the book: 336

Publisher: Brill Sense

Place of Publication: Leiden

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004422582_003

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

With the rise of nationalism and populism in Western countries, international higher education operates in a changing and precarious environment. Values of cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism, which are central to internationalisation, are under scrutiny and being challenged by the ideology of right-wing nationalism. This study investigates modes of political nationalism in the United Kingdom and United States; populist discursive elements are analysed according to their influence on international student mobility. Adopting a largely critical approach, the authors present a multi-case study analysis of the European Union Referendum (Brexit vote) and the 2016 US presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump. In each case, a variety of texts (papers, regulations, policies, and news) are analysed by means of critical discourse analysis. The analysis reveals populist discourses depicting specific populations as the ‘other’ which shapes and changes national attractiveness and migration policies, thus potentially impacting the future flow and lived experiences of international students.

Keywords: universities; institutions of higher education; tertiary education; nationality; nationality policy; populism; multiculturalism; influencing; foreign students; immigrants; discourse; discourse analysis

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2020

JUFO rating: 1