Relational-symbolic aspects of poverty in political discourse about Familiy 500+ program. Case study of Newsweek Polska

Authors

  • Maciej Kostecki Pedagogical University of Krakow

Abstract

The article shows relational-symbolic aspects of poverty in polish political discourse about flagship Law and Justice’s Party social program called “Family 500+”. Based on the case study of weekly newspaper Newsweek Polska the author stressed main discursive strategies such as demoralization, humiliation of poor people, lower class and unemployed people as a examples of individual blame explanations of poverty. Moreover article presents efforts of justifying inequalities as a result of neoliberal ideology and the vision of profligacy of public institutions due to social politics expenses.

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Vol. 20 No. 274 (2018): Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Politologica XX

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Scientific paper

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