Potentials of Political Subjectivity and the Various Approaches to the Extreme Right: Findings of the Qualitative Research

Abstract

This chapter helps to understand the social conditions that render the 'national-populist' vote possible in Switzerland. For individuals, socio-economic changes take place above all in the daily framework of their work. The major movement towards mergers, decentralization, and delocalization are experienced by the individuals concerned through these small events that make up their working environment. The way in which individuals judge the social sphere and express their political subjectivity in connection with the changes experienced at work is structured by three main elements. Their personal history should thus be considered as an important resource in order to understand how the 'critical solidarists' face up to change. The feeling of injustice comes from the perceived gulf between the lack of social recognition granted to this group and the excessive consideration granted to those who do not adhere to the required moral values.