A technique to analize populist discourse The Peruvian case

Hay diferentes técnicas que se vienen evaluando para identificar si un discurso político es populista o no. La presente investigación analiza los debates en el pleno del Congreso peruano durante la primera legislatura del 2020 utilizando NVivo y el análisis semántico de texto basado en cláusulas (CBSTA, por sus siglas en inglés). Se concluye que esta técnica permite observar que no hay un discurso populista en el conjunto del Congreso sino un uso parcial del mismo, más orientado a resaltar las demandas del pueblo. Sin embargo, sí hay discurso populista al abordar algunos temas y al interior de algunos partidos políticos cuando abordan ciertos temas. El uso del discurso populista no es constante, tiene variantes y se aplica a unos temas más que a otros.

There are different techniques that have been evaluated to identify whether a political discourse is populist or not. This research analyzes the debates in the plenary session of the Peruvian Congress during the first legislature of 2020 using NVivo and clause-based text semantic analysis (CBSTA). It is concluded that this technique allows us to observe that there is no populist discourse in the entire Congress but a partial use of it, more aimed at highlighting the demands of the people. However, there is a populist discourse when addressing some issues and within some political parties when they address certain issues. The use of populist discourse is not constant, it has variations and is applied to some issues more than others.

It is concluded that this technique allows us to observe that there is no populist discourse in the entire Congress but a partial use of it, more aimed at highlighting the demands of the people. However, there is a populist discourse when addressing some issues and within some political parties when they address certain issues. The use of populist discourse is not constant, it has variations and is applied to some issues more than others.