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Sistem şi antisistem în discursul politic românesc actual
Anti-system speech in the Romanian political discourse

Author(s): Bogdan Teodorescu, Dan Sultanescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: anti-system; electoral; political parties; Romanian politics; elections; political participation; populism;

Summary/Abstract: Analysing political discourse in Romania, we can see that there is no important political actor that really can be defined as an anti-system party. Both ruling parties and opposition parties only promote simple political objectives, balancing the political relations within the state in their favor. With only a few exceptions, Romania has not generated an authentic anti-system voice, nor does it seem interested in doing so. The anti-system discourses carried by mainstream political actors are exclusively communication/election techniques that are essentially used to better demonize the opponent of the current confrontation and to better target it in the wake of a certain part of public opinion.

  • Issue Year: VI/2018
  • Issue No: 1(19)
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian
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