'Enough' of What? An Analysis of Chega's Populist Radical Right Agenda

In 2019, for the first time in Portugal, a populist radical right party (PRR) made it to parliament. Since then voting intentions for Chega (Enough) have grown with the party leader finishing third in the 2021 presidential race. This article provides an empirical-based account of the party's ag...

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Published in:South European society & politics 2021-07, Vol.26 (3), p.329-353
Main Author: Mendes, Mariana S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
Ideology
issue salience
Legislatures
Nativism
Political parties
Populism
Portugal
producerism
quantitative text analysis
Race
Radicalism
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Summary:In 2019, for the first time in Portugal, a populist radical right party (PRR) made it to parliament. Since then voting intentions for Chega (Enough) have grown with the party leader finishing third in the 2021 presidential race. This article provides an empirical-based account of the party's agenda and ideological profile. It asks to what extent Chega shares the core ideological characteristics of the PRR family, i.e. nativism, populism and authoritarianism. Relying on a battery of primary data (party documents, legislative proposals, official party posts on Facebook), the article combines qualitative and quantitative text analysis. It shows that Chega's agenda falls well into the radical right profile, not only in positional terms but also in terms of issue salience.
ISSN:1360-8746
1743-9612
DOI:10.1080/13608746.2022.2043073