Zagrożona tożsamość jako element narodowego populizmu. Przypadek politycznego stylu Prawa i Sprawiedliwości

Abstract

The article focuses on research on national populism situated on the border of a specific political style and populist discourse. The research category constituting the theoretical basis for the analysis of the discussed issue is identity (national) populism. The article itself is a case study and focuses on the political communication of Law and Justice in 2017–2021.The research problem expresses the question: what kinds of elements of identity populism does the discourse of Law and Justice contain? The result of the analysis are findings that confirm that PiS used the political style of national populism, which was expressed by emphasizing the threats to national identity. The source of these threats was the cosmopolitan elite and the actions of the European Union, as well as social changes determined by globalization, integration and political transformation. Based on the analyses, it can also be concluded that a marginal problem within PiS’s populist communication was the issue of migration.