Together in the ordinary world: The alignment between populist discourse and lower-middle-class discourse on class and socioeconomic hierarchy

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://direct.mit.edu/ecps/article/13/1/53/134340/Together-in-the-ordinary-world-The-alignment" target="_blank" >https://direct.mit.edu/ecps/article/13/1/53/134340/Together-in-the-ordinary-world-The-alignment</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/ECPS.a.41" target="_blank" >10.1162/ECPS.a.41</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Together in the ordinary world: The alignment between populist discourse and lower-middle-class discourse on class and socioeconomic hierarchy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper contributes to the sociological study of populism by examining the alignment between meanings embedded in Czech populist discourse and those present in Czech lower-middle-class discourse on socioeconomic hierarchy and social class. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study integrates political science conceptualizations of populism with the sociological framework of moral and cultural symbolic boundaries related to social class. Employing a qualitative methodology, the study draws on in-depth interviews with lower-middle-class citizens of the Czech Republic. The findings confirm the relevance of populist discourse's emphasis on morality in the construction of the people, elites, and enemies, as well as the strategic use of associated meanings—namely, ordinariness, honesty, hard and honest work, enterprisingness, and responsibility. The study concludes that the key meanings of populist discourse align with those found in Czech lower-middle-class discourse, suggesting the potential for cultural resonance between populist appeals and the worldviews of a lower-middle-class audience.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Together in the ordinary world: The alignment between populist discourse and lower-middle-class discourse on class and socioeconomic hierarchy

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper contributes to the sociological study of populism by examining the alignment between meanings embedded in Czech populist discourse and those present in Czech lower-middle-class discourse on socioeconomic hierarchy and social class. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study integrates political science conceptualizations of populism with the sociological framework of moral and cultural symbolic boundaries related to social class. Employing a qualitative methodology, the study draws on in-depth interviews with lower-middle-class citizens of the Czech Republic. The findings confirm the relevance of populist discourse's emphasis on morality in the construction of the people, elites, and enemies, as well as the strategic use of associated meanings—namely, ordinariness, honesty, hard and honest work, enterprisingness, and responsibility. The study concludes that the key meanings of populist discourse align with those found in Czech lower-middle-class discourse, suggesting the potential for cultural resonance between populist appeals and the worldviews of a lower-middle-class audience.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2026

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

ISSN

2325-4823

e-ISSN

2325-4815

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

53-76

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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