<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with the way that the Czech extremist – as well as the mainstream – politicians use to frame the issues related to Moslem migration. The paper seeks to find the answer to a situation of successful use of anti-Islam and anti-immigrant campaigning in the country, which is neither a destination country nor an important transit country for the migrants. The paper approaches the topic through the conceptual lenses of the concept of cognitive frames. By discursive analysis of selected Czech politicians’ rhetoric in the period of 2015–2016, the authors show how politicians are constructing the cognitive frameworks on migrants and refugees, connecting these groups with radical Islam and the construct of danger, thus shifting the migration issue from the framework of international assistance and aid to securitized frameworks.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with the way that the Czech extremist – as well as the mainstream – politicians use to frame the issues related to Moslem migration. The paper seeks to find the answer to a situation of successful use of anti-Islam and anti-immigrant campaigning in the country, which is neither a destination country nor an important transit country for the migrants. The paper approaches the topic through the conceptual lenses of the concept of cognitive frames. By discursive analysis of selected Czech politicians’ rhetoric in the period of 2015–2016, the authors show how politicians are constructing the cognitive frameworks on migrants and refugees, connecting these groups with radical Islam and the construct of danger, thus shifting the migration issue from the framework of international assistance and aid to securitized frameworks.

Anti-Islamism without Moslems: Cognitive Frames of Czech Antimigrant Politics

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics

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The paper deals with the way that the Czech extremist – as well as the mainstream – politicians use to frame the issues related to Moslem migration. The paper...

	Securitized frame	Mixture of both securitized and desecuritized frames
Dehumanized frame	National Democracy; IVČRN
Frame with strong elements of “othering”	SPD; Ú-NK; Miloš Zeman; ODS
Frame with moderate elements of “othering”		ANO; KDU-ČSL; KSČM
Humanistic frame		ČSSD; TOP 09

	English name	Czech name
AECR	Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists
BPI	Block Against the Islam	Blok proti islámu
ČSSD	Czech Social Democratic Party	Česká strana sociálně demokratická
CVVM	Public Opinion Research Centre	Centrum pro výzkum veřejného mínění
CZSO	Czech Statistical Office	Český statistický úřad
EC	European Commission
ECJ	European Court of Justice
EU	European Union
IVČRN	We Do Not Want the Islam in the Czech Republic	Islám v ČR nechceme
KDU- ČSL	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak Peoples’ Party	Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová
KSČM	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ND	National Democracy	Národní demokracie
ODS	Civic Democratic Party	Občanská demokratická strana
OSCE	Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
SPD	Freedom and Direct Democracy party	Svoboda a přímá demokracie
UN	United Nations
Ú-NK	Dawn – National Coalition	Úsvit – Národní koalice

Anti-Islamism without Moslems: Cognitive Frames of Czech Antimigrant Politics

Published Online: Jul 30, 2018

Page range: 1 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0001

Keywords
Czech Republic, Cognitive Frameworks, Antimigrant Politics, Antimigrant Rhetoric

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Graph 1

International dimension recognized by the analyzed political actors

Asylum seekers in the Czech Republic, 2004–15

Conceptual map of the frames of the main political actors

j.jnmlp-2018-0001.tab.004.w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1ab1b9b3b1aAa

Actor	Visegrád Group	EU	NATO	UN	Other
KSČM	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	OSCE
ANO	Yes	Implicitly	Yes	No	No
ODS	No	Yes	No	No	Unspecified “international community”
President Zeman	No	Yes	No	No	No
ČSSD	No	Yes	No	No	No
TOP 09	No	Yes	No	No	No
KDU-ČSL	No	Implicitly	No	No	No
Ú-NK	No	Implicitly	No	No	No
IVČRN	No	No	No	No	No
ND	No	No	No	No	No
SPD	No	No	No	No	No

Anti-Islamism without Moslems: Cognitive Frames of Czech Antimigrant Politics

Published Online: Jul 30, 2018

Page range: 1 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0001

KeywordsCzech Republic, Cognitive Frameworks, Antimigrant Politics, Antimigrant Rhetoric

© 2018 Michaela Strapáčová, Vít Hloušek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Graph 1

International dimension recognized by the analyzed political actors

Asylum seekers in the Czech Republic, 2004–15

Conceptual map of the frames of the main political actors

j.jnmlp-2018-0001.tab.004.w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1ab1b9b3b1aAa

Keywords
Czech Republic, Cognitive Frameworks, Antimigrant Politics, Antimigrant Rhetoric