CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Van Der Zanden, Cheyenne |
|---|---|
| Title | For the People or the Pillar? The Dutch Populists??? Paradoxical Demands for and Rejections of Pluralism |
| Summary | This thesis aims to map the ways in which three Dutch populist radical right parties, List Pim Fortuyn, Party for Freedom, and Forum for Democracy, express their ideas on democracy and society in the Netherlands. Through applying the Discourse Historical Approach, this thesis analyzes eight election manifestoes, published prior to each Second Chamber election in which the parties participated. For each party, these programs reveal a pattern of paradoxical claims on pluralism: conflicting or diverse claims on whether (liberal) democracy is desirable, whether there ought to be a place for all cultural, religious and ideological groups in society, and to what extent these groups ought to be allowed to express themselves. I conclude that in their manifestoes, the Dutch populist radical right parties speak two languages: one that is pro-pluralism and one that is anti-pluralism. Through employing coded language, fallacies, and topoi, the parties convey their paradoxical rejection of and demand for pluralism, and perhaps try to appeal to voters with similar conflicting desires. |
| Supervisor | Kovács, Mária M. |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/zanden_cheyenne.pdf |
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