The Transversal Political Logic of Populism: Framing the ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Slovenian Parliamentary Debates

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TABLE 1 Overlap of Populist Antagonisms and Frames in Discourse of Political Parties—Diagnosis

	POLITICAL PARTY
	DeSUS			NSi			SAB			SMC
MAIN FRAME	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism
EU policies ineffective				2							1
Government incompetent / harmful for the state				1
Human rights, democracy and/or the rule of law under threat		1
Landowners harmed by border fence
Legislation not protecting refugees and /or migrants				1
Migrants instrumentalised/real problems obscured	1									2	1
Migrants threat to society and culture				5		1
Migration threat to security		1	1	12	3	1				6
Other countries actions against us										1
Police and army overburdened
Shortage of specialised labour
Sum (N)	1	2	1	21	3	2	0	0	0	9	2	0
Sum (%)	2	13	7	50	19	13	0	0	0	21	13	0

	POLITICAL PARTY
	SDS			SD			The Left
MAIN FRAME	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Sum of antagonism
EU policies ineffective										3
Government incompetent / harmful for the state		4	4						5	14
Human rights, democracy and/or the rule of law under threat										1
Landowners harmed by border fence										0
Legislation not protecting refugees and /or migrants										1
Migrants instrumentalised/real problems obscured									1	5
Migrants threat to society and culture	5	1	1							13
Migration threat to security	5	4	1	1						35
Other countries actions against us										1
Police and army overburdened										0
Shortage of specialised labour										0
Sum (N)	10	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	73
Sum (%)	24	56	40	2	0	0	0	0	40	33

Note: Empty cells indicate no correlation between a frame and an antagonism.

TABLE 2 Overlap of Populist Antagonisms and Frames in Discourse of Political Parties: Prognosis

	POLITICAL PARTY
	DeSUS			NSi			SAB			SMC
MAIN FRAME	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism
Compensation for landowners
Humanitarianism		2
International response needed	1			2	1					1
Protection of human rights, rule of law and/or democracy				1	1
Protection of our country, culture and or people	1			1	3					2	1
Protection of refugees										1
Protection of the border	2	1		3	4					4	1
Reducing migration				8	2					1
Social reforms
Strenghtening the police and army										1
Sum (N)	4	3	0	15	11	0	0	0	0	10	2	0
Sum (%)	6	5	0	23	17	0	0	0	0	15	3	0

	SDS			SD			The Left
MAIN FRAME	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Othering	People-centrism	Anti-elitism	Sum of antagonism
										0
Compensation for landowners										2
Humanitarianism	2									7
International response needed				1						3
Protection of human rights, rule of law and/or democracy	3	2			1					14
Protection of our country, culture and or people	1								1	3
Protection of refugees	2		1							18
Protection of the border	3	1								15
Reducing migration										0
Social reforms	1	2								4
Strenghtening the police and army	12	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	66
Sum (N)	18	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	30
Sum (%)

Note: Empty cells indicate no correlation between a frame and an antagonism.

Figure 1. Intersection of Populist Antagonisms and Frames: Diagnosis

Note: The frames ‘landowners harmed by border fence’, ‘police and army overburdened’ and ‘shortage of specialised labour’ do not overlap with populist antagonism(s).

Figure 2. Populist Antagonisms by Political Party in Diagnosis and Prognosis

Figure 3. Intersection of Populist Antagonisms and Frames: Prognosis

Note: The frames ‘compensation for landowners’ and ‘social reforms’ do not overlap with populist antagonism(s).