Populism in Europe. A Comparative Discourse Reconstruction of the Culturalised Economic Conflict Lines in Contemporary Populisms

Ida Leinfelder

Abstract


This paper examines how economic factors influence populist rhetoric based on the Political Economy Theory of Populism (Manow 2019), which states that the rise of left and right populism can be determined economically. The qualitative discourse analysis explores whether populist party programmes reflect the influence of their economic environment by examining how the narrational structure and especially a populist we is constructed (based on labour market in- or outsiders). Findings show a partial confirmation of the theory: while the expected lines of conflict are reflected in the party manifestos analysed, results concerning the support of labour market in- and outsiders are not so clear cut.

 

Questo articolo esamina come i fattori economici influenzino la retorica populista sulla base della Teoria dell’Economia Politica del Populismo (Manow 2019), secondo la quale l’ascesa del populismo di destra e di sinistra può essere determinata dal punto di vista economico. L’analisi qualitativa del discorso esplora se i programmi dei partiti populisti riflettano l’influenza del loro ambiente economico, esaminando come viene costruita la struttura narrativa e in particolare un noi populista (basato sugli insider o sugli outsider del mercato del lavoro). I risultati mostrano una parziale conferma della teoria: mentre le linee di conflitto attese si riflettono nei manifesti dei partiti analizzati, i risultati relativi al sostegno degli in- e degli outsider del mercato del lavoro non sono così netti.


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Populism; Europe; Political Economy of Populism; welfare states; Discourse Analysis; populismo; Europa; Economia Politica del Populismo; stati sociali; analisi del discorso

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