The reproduction of fear in populist discourse: an analysis of campaign speeches by the Justice and Development Party elites.
This paper scrutinizes the reproduction of fear in the populist discourse of the Justice and Development Party and provides a content analysis of campaign speeches between 2015 and 2018. We posit that the linkage between populism and fear derives from two frames, victimization and blaming, appealing...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 587 - 610 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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