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The Sirens’ Song: When Right-Wing Populism Deals with “Democracy”. The Case of the RN in France and FPÖ in Austria
Debras, François
2020 • DN24: Discourse and Communication as Propaganda (online event) Digital and multimodal forms of activism, persuasion and disinformation across ideologies
Right-Wing Populism; Populism; Democracy; Anti-democratic; Speech; Discourse; Far-Right; European Union; Immigration; Islam; Rassemblement National; Freiheitliche Partei österreichs; France; Austria; Marine Le Pen; Heinz-Christian Strache; Europe of Nations and Freedom; Content analysis; Lexicometric analysis; Framing Analysis; Semantic Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; Socio-ideological Analysis; Elections; Proximity; Control and Transparency; Representation; General Interest; Freedom of expression; Rule of Law; Context of enonciation; Context; Nation-State; Seld-determination; Regime; Societal Values; Democracy Argument; Democratic Argument; Referendum; Newspaper; People; Elite; Nationalism; Identity; Nativism; Chauvinism; Direct Democracy
Abstract :
[en] A significant part of the literature considers that right-wing populist parties are anti-democratic. According to some authors, these parties are opposed to democratic institutions. And for other authors, right-wing populism respects electoral rules, respects the institutional game but is opposed to the values of democracy.
On the other hand, in the political field, right-wing populist parties consider themselves to be democratic parties. They present themselves as the defenders of the people, the promoters of a true democracy. Against the European Union, against other political parties, against immigration, against Islam etc
I therefore think it could be interesting to ask the following questions:
1) How does right-wing populism define democracy?
2) Why does right-wing populism mobilize democracy in its speeches?
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Debras, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Département de science politique
Language :
English
Title :
The Sirens’ Song: When Right-Wing Populism Deals with “Democracy”. The Case of the RN in France and FPÖ in Austria
Publication date :
09 September 2020
Event name :
DN24: Discourse and Communication as Propaganda (online event) Digital and multimodal forms of activism, persuasion and disinformation across ideologies
Event organizer :
DiscourseNet. International Association for Discourse Studies
