Regional identities and roles of the state in populist rhetoric. The cases of Brazil and Poland
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https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-6992-20243901e51429Keywords:
Jair Bolsonaro, populism, regional policy, European Union, Mercosur, Andrzej DudaAbstract
The focus of this study is directed to the way national-conservative decisionmakers envision their own neighborhood and its core cooperation platforms. Through a comparative analysis of the political rhetoric on their respective regions and the ties connecting Poland and Brazil with it, the article seeks to answer the following research questions: How do Brazilian and Polish ruling elites envision the regional belonging of the state? How do they depict major regional integration initiatives of which Brazil and Poland are members and how can regional identities affect those discursive articulations?
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