La dimensión ideológica de los discursos anticorrupción en Colombia y Ecuador, 2002-2017

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ID11153147
AuthorsBlendi Kajsiu (0000-0002-6256-2995, Universidad de Antioquia, corresponding author), Ana Maria Restrepo Ossa (Universidad de Antioquia)
Year2020
Issue101
Pages187-218
Publication date2020-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueColombia Internacional (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0121-5612 • E-ISSN: 1900-6004
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/colombiaint101.2020.07
OpenAlexW2998922063
LanguageES
Citations received1
References cited13

Object/Context: This article analyses and compares the ideological dimension of anticorruption discourses and policies in Colombia during the presidency of Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) and Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) and in Ecuador during the presidency of Rafael Correa (2007-2017). Methodology: We develop an ideological and discourse analysis of corruption discourses combining the theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe on discourse analysis with the morphological analysis of ideologies developed by Michael Freeden. We utilize this theoretical framework in order to analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively anticorruption discourses and policies. Conclusions: In the Colombian case the anticorruption discourse of presidents Uribe and Santos (2002-2018) legitimized a neoliberal order by articulating corruption as a phenomenon that belongs primarily to the public sphere. The government of Correa (2007-2017), however, identified corruption primarily with the private sector. As a consequence, his anticorruption discourse served to resist the neoliberal order and legitimize the ideology of the twenty first-century socialism. Originality: There are very few studies that unearth the ideological dimension of anticorruption discourses and policies. This paper seeks to fill this vacuum by utilizing an innovative theoretical framework that allows us to identify the ways in which anticorruption discourses and policies serve to legitimize and implement a political ideology

Humanities · Political science · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History and Politics in Latin America · Philosophy · Political Dynamics in Latin America

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