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"You can’t corrupt eight million voters": corruption as a topic in Miloš Zeman's populist strategy
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Abstract This paper can be seen as a contribution to the debate on political populism. More specifically, we focus on the relation between populist strategies and the perception of corruption. The issue of corruption and the fight against it is a part of various political strategies, programs, and rhetoric. ... view more
This paper can be seen as a contribution to the debate on political populism. More specifically, we focus on the relation between populist strategies and the perception of corruption. The issue of corruption and the fight against it is a part of various political strategies, programs, and rhetoric. In some cases, however, it lingers only on a rhetorical level, and the issue of corruption is used by politicians merely as a tool for gaining political points or to harm political opponents, whom they label "corruptionists". The goal of this paper is to provide an interpretation of the ways in which Czech President Miloš Zeman constructs the issues that are related to the topic of corruption and to interpret how such content figures into the theoretical framework of populism. Methodologically speaking, the text is established as a CAQDAS dataset created by all of Zeman’s speeches, interviews, statements, etc., which were processed using MAXQDA11+ software. This paper shows that the dominant treatment of the topic of corruption by the president is primarily linked to the creation and assignment of delegitimising labels ("corruptionist") to his opponents or the legitimisation of his allies and himself (as "corruption fighter"), which is the quintessence of populist strategies.... view less
Keywords
president; populism; Czech Republic; speech; legitimation; corruption; political strategy
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Zeman, M.; (de)legitimisation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 3-18
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 11 (2019) 1
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed