Freedom in Populist Radical Right Discourses
The Polish ‘ Island of Freedom’ in the 2019 European Parliament Election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21545461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Alekseev (0000-0003-1406-7348, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-156 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Spectator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0393-2729 • E-ISSN: 1751-9721 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03932729.2024.2412626 |
| OpenAlex | W4403402956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 87 |
In Europe, the populist radical right (PRR) has actively embarked on a discursive struggle over the notion of freedom – one of the underlying concepts of Western сulture. An investigation of the 2019 European election campaign of the Polish Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [PiS]) highlights how PRR parties in power discursively construct freedom in the context(s) of the European Union (EU). In PiS’s discourse, freedom serves as an antagonistic national-populist and nativist tool that juxtaposes Polish national identity against the imagined enemies of PiS-led Poland at home and abroad
Parliament · Political science · Politics · Populism · Radical right · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |