The articulation of 'the people' in the discourse of Podemos
| Authors | Nicolien Montesano Montessori, Esperanza Morales-López |
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| Published in | Imagining the Peoples of Europe: Populist discourses across the political spectrum. Edited by Jan Zienkowski and Ruth Breeze. |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Research groups | Value-oriented Professionalisation |
| Type | Book |
Summary
This chapter focuses on the construction of pueblo ‘people’ and patria ‘homeland’ in the Spanish discourse of Podemos and the party’s relation to la gente ‘the people’ between June 2016 and its second political conference, Vistalegre II (February 2017). The discursive analysis focuses on figures of speech, such as synecdoche and metaphors, followed by a narrative analysis. The data cover the General Secretary of the party, Pablo Iglesias and the head of the branch in Catalonia, Xavier Domènech. We then apply the explanatory logics developed within discourse theory (Glynos and Howarth 2007) to interpret the results of the analysis1 and we critically reflect on some observed ambiguities in the discourse of Podemos.
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| Language | English |
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| Published in | Imagining the Peoples of Europe: Populist discourses across the political spectrum. Edited by Jan Zienkowski and Ruth Breeze. |
| ISBN/ISSN | URN:ISBN:9789027262257 |
| Key words | discourse theory, populism, rhetoric analysis, narrative analysis, Podemos |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1075/dapsac.83.06mon |
| Page range | 123-148 |
