Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
"You can’t corrupt eight million voters": corruption as a topic in Miloš Zeman's populist strategy
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.
- ISSN
-
1736-8758
- Umfang
-
Seite(n): 3-18
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Anmerkungen
-
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Erschienen in
-
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 11(1)
- Thema
-
Politikwissenschaft
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Rede
politische Strategie
Tschechische Republik
Präsident
Populismus
Legitimation
Korruption
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Naxera, Vladimír
Krčál, Petr
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wann)
-
2019
- URN
-
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-63977-1
- Rechteinformation
-
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ
Datenpartner
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Beteiligte
- Naxera, Vladimír
- Krčál, Petr
Entstanden
- 2019
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
"You can’t corrupt eight million voters": corruption as a topic in Miloš Zeman's populist strategy
Mainstream Voters, Non-Voters and Populist Voters: What Sets Them Apart?
Mainstream voters, non-voters and populist voters: what sets them apart?
A populist moment? : populist attitudes of voters and non-voters before the German Federal election 2017
How Do Populist Voters Rate Their Political Leaders? Comparing Citizen Assessments in Three Jurisdictions
Zeman, Wilhelm
Achim Zeman
Zeman, Beatrix
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Ernst
Matwijiw, Zeman
"You can’t corrupt eight million voters": corruption as a topic in Miloš Zeman's populist strategy
Mainstream Voters, Non-Voters and Populist Voters: What Sets Them Apart?
Mainstream voters, non-voters and populist voters: what sets them apart?
A populist moment? : populist attitudes of voters and non-voters before the German Federal election 2017
How Do Populist Voters Rate Their Political Leaders? Comparing Citizen Assessments in Three Jurisdictions
Zeman, Wilhelm
Achim Zeman
Zeman, Beatrix
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Ernst
Matwijiw, Zeman
"You can’t corrupt eight million voters": corruption as a topic in Miloš Zeman's populist strategy
Mainstream Voters, Non-Voters and Populist Voters: What Sets Them Apart?
Mainstream voters, non-voters and populist voters: what sets them apart?
A populist moment? : populist attitudes of voters and non-voters before the German Federal election 2017
How Do Populist Voters Rate Their Political Leaders? Comparing Citizen Assessments in Three Jurisdictions
Zeman, Wilhelm
Achim Zeman
Zeman, Beatrix
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Hans
Zeman, Ernst