"National democracy": ideal and discursive arguments in right-wing populist discourses

The literature considers that right-wing populist parties (RWPP) are opposed to democracy (against institutions or values). Nevertheless, RWPP claim, in their speeches, the term "democracy". I propose to study its meaning and mobilization. RWPP use “democracy” differently depending on the context of enunciation (production, audiences and periods). I also observe that the term is ideologically structured. It refers mainly to nationalism, chauvinism and inequality. So I ask myself: how does the nationalist ideology structure the term “democracy” in these discourses? I propose to focus on the ideological production of three European parties (RN-France, FPÖ-Austria, AfD-Germany). Through different modes of communication, political actors build mobilize ideologies, values and positions that they promote or reject. Speeches are thus materials from which we aim to identify representations and acts of social creation. I will combine a content analysis (co-occurrence of the term “democracy”) and a critical discourse analysis (how nationalism structures the term “democracy”). More generally, I will also explain to what extent nationalist ideology varies according to parties (ethnic or state nationalism), against whom the term "democracy" is mobilized (immigration, Islam, Europe,...), who it wishes to protect (people specifically defines) and how it is structured (discursive elements, dichotomies, semantic environment).