Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia

<span class="abs_content">This paper analyses presence of populistic rhetoric in the behaviour of two Slovak prime ministers who have been responsible for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on Brubaker's (2017) work on populism and tries to identify his six elements wit...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:00dd5a341d554311b23e007115515bc42021-11-21T15:11:43ZGovernance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v14i3p1256https://doaj.org/article/00dd5a341d554311b23e007115515bc42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/24492https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">This paper analyses presence of populistic rhetoric in the behaviour of two Slovak prime ministers who have been responsible for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on Brubaker's (2017) work on populism and tries to identify his six elements within the area studied. The main argument is that even though these two actors have different political backgrounds and experience, both use a populist repertoire in their communication and actions and having to deal with a crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic is not the reason to not use it. It is important to analyse societal structures as the COVID-19 pandemic not only put lives at risk, but also economic and social rights and the security of the state.</span><br />Andrea FigulováMichaela DénešováCoordinamento SIBAarticlepopulismslovakiacovid-19governmentelements of populismPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 1256-1273 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic populism
slovakia
covid-19
government
elements of populism
Political science (General)
JA1-92
spellingShingle populism
slovakia
covid-19
government
elements of populism
Political science (General)
JA1-92
Andrea Figulová
Michaela Dénešová
Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia
description <span class="abs_content">This paper analyses presence of populistic rhetoric in the behaviour of two Slovak prime ministers who have been responsible for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on Brubaker's (2017) work on populism and tries to identify his six elements within the area studied. The main argument is that even though these two actors have different political backgrounds and experience, both use a populist repertoire in their communication and actions and having to deal with a crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic is not the reason to not use it. It is important to analyse societal structures as the COVID-19 pandemic not only put lives at risk, but also economic and social rights and the security of the state.</span><br />
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title Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia
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