Radicalism and populism: do they always go hand by hand? A comparative analysis of the radical left and the radical right in Spain

  1. Jorge Ramos González 1
  2. Pablo Ortiz Barquero 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

  2. 2 Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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    Universidad Pablo de Olavide

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02z749649

Revista:
Journal of Political Ideologies

ISSN: 1356-9317,  1469-9613

Año de publicación: 2022

Páginas: 1-17

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1080/13569317.2022.2065077 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85128749807 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

In recent years, Spain’s political landscape has been dramatically transformed from a two-party system, to a new polarized multi-party system. In this sense, two new radical parties are playing a crucial role: Unidas Podemos (UP) and VOX. Despite their ideological differences, both have been defined as populists. In the case of UP this nature has been pointed out, but for VOX it is less clear due to its recent institutionalization. Our purpose is to examine populism regarding these two parties. We conducted a qualitative analysis of manifestos and speeches using so-called Discourse-Theoretical Analysis (DTA) to examine their ideological discursive elements. The results show that the relation between radicalism and populism is not mechanical or self-evident and that there is a need to develop a research agenda that treats populism systematically, not as an empty rhetoric concept.

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This work was supported by ‘Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores’ (FPI, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain [Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PRE2019-087344]), and ‘Ayudas para la Formación de Profesorado Universitario’ (FPU, Ministry of Education, Government of Spain [Ministerio de Educación y Fromación Profesional FPU16/04643].

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