The Rule of Law as a Postcolonial Relic

The Narrative of the Polish Right

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21470177
AutoresMarta Bucholc (0000-0002-1874-2024, University of Warsaw Faculty of Sociology Warschau Polen, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume42
Fascículo1
Páginas43-66
Data de publicação2022-05-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoZeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0174-0202 • E-ISSN: 2366-0392
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/zfrs-2022-2003
OpenAlexW4280584636
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas40

The article discusses the use of postcolonial framing in the 2019 election agenda of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość . The main argument is that the framing of contemporary EU-relations as a new colonial dependence is crucial for the understanding of the backsliding on the standards of the democratic rule of law in Poland. A detailed analysis of the 2019 agenda focuses on five selected components of postcolonial framing: (1) creolisation of elites; (2) mimicry; (3) hybridity; (4) subalternity; and (5) voicelessness. The discussion of findings zooms in on the ways in which the postcolonial framing of Poland’s position in the EU is being used to question the EU rule of law standards. Thus, the article makes a direct connection between framing the EU-Poland relations and the reasons offered in domestic politics to undermine the rule of law

Colonial rule · Democracy · Law and economics · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy