Od prawicy do lewicy. Struktura ideologiczna polskich partii politycznych w latach 2015–2017
From the right-wing to the left-wing. The ideological structure of Polish political parties in 2015-2017

Author(s): Anita Filipczak-Białkowska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: right-wing;left-wing;ideology;The Law and Justice;discourse analysis;communicative grammar
Summary/Abstract: The book “From the right-wing to the left-wing. The ideological structure of Polish political parties in 2015-2017” provides new content both in terms of methodological concepts and knowledge about the world. The research presented in it falls within the mainstream of critical discourse analysis and combines the linguistic perspective with the area of interest of other disciplines, especially communication science and political science. For the purposes of the research project presented in the study, an innovative research method was prepared, which enables the identification of ideological views manifested in the statements of a selected political entity (politician, political party). The operationalization of the notions of "right-wing" and "left-wing" as part of the project became the basis for the creation of a tool that allows to determine the left-wing or right-wing inclination of the studied subject, which is a novelty in the field of research conducted as part of critical discourse analysis. The tool was presented and discussed in the study.The monograph "From the right-wing to the left-wing" also provides new knowledge in the field of accompanying disciplines: it presents the ideological structure of Polish political parties represented in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland during the rule of Beata Szydło in 2015-2017. Establishing this structure allowed to verify the truth of the statement present in the English-language literature on the subject, according to which political parties operating in post-communist countries of Eastern Europe are characterized by a crossroads of views: left-wing ideological ideas are combined with right-wing views on economic issues. The research carried out with the use of the prepared method made it possible to determine whether this statement is adequate to the current situation in the Polish party system of the analyzed period.

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