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The article at hand scrutinizes anti-pluralist constructions of space in right-wing extremist discourses in Austria. Applying a perspective of doing space we are able to identify frames and categories, which right-wing actors use to construct an anti-pluralist landscape. Our analysis confirms that right-wing discourses are based on the idea of society as non-pluralist. This idea is produced through the construction of spaces - 'public' and 'private', 'other' and 'our' space. Focussing on the construction of contested spaces we show how references to alleged differences in ethnicity, nationality, culture, religion and gender and their intersections are used to legitimize inclusion and exclusion in right-wing discourses and practices. Finally, our analysis points out that these anti-pluralist constructions are based on two central frames: the frame of threat (by 'the other' and by pluralism) and the frame of victimization (of the 'own group').

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