‘Let us blow them down!’: Corruption as the subject of (non-)populist communication of the Czech Pirate Party

The issue of the relationship between pirate parties and populism has not yet been adequately resolved. This article aims to answer this question: Regarding its communication, is it possible to classify the Czech Pirate Party as a populist party? For that purpose, the Pirates’ communication has been...

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Published inPolitics (Manchester, England) Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 457 - 471
Main Author Naxera, Vladimír
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2023
Subjects
Czech Pirate Party
corruption
Czech politics
populist communication
pirate parties
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Summary:The issue of the relationship between pirate parties and populism has not yet been adequately resolved. This article aims to answer this question: Regarding its communication, is it possible to classify the Czech Pirate Party as a populist party? For that purpose, the Pirates’ communication has been contextualized in a comparative perspective with the Czech parties ANO and SPD, which are commonly considered populist. The study uses qualitative and quantitative content analysis and the principle of triplets to measure populism. Among other things, the analysis indicates that the level of populism in the communication of the Pirates is negligible and the party cannot be identified as populist. Moreover, the anti-establishment appeal does not prevail in the communication either. In this respect, however, the communication of the Pirates has significantly changed after entering the Parliament.
ISSN:0263-3957
1467-9256
DOI:10.1177/02633957211010984