Product: 35-70 pages academic text pr. student (ind. max 80) Due date: 15th of April Master in Culture Communication and Globalisation: Specialization in International Politics migration and movements In Latin America. Title of the Thesis: Populism vs Liberal Democracy: Comparison of Populist discourses in Latin America, the cases of Bolsonaro and Maduro, against the principles of liberal democracy. Research Question: How the populist discourses of both the right and the left wing affect the strengthening of the implementation of democracy in the Latin American region. Front Page Abstract (1 or 2 pages) Table of Contents Introduction (2 pages) Methodology: (10 Pages) 1. Paradigm: For my ontology and epistemolgy I want to use Interpretivism? 2. Research design: Inductive or abductive? Qualitative or quantitative? Primary or secondary sources? 3. Data collection: I must include the speeches we will analyze. 4. Literture Review 5. Limitations Theory: (15 Pages) Multimodal Discourse Analysis (Fairclough) : Text dimension, social dimension and discursive dimension. Populism political theory of governance. (e.g. Cas Mudde (2004), Panizza (2005) and Wodak (2017), Kajsiu (2017) I will include several important terms: antagonism, Us vs Them, scapegoats, One people one voice, the Speech, Inclusionary vs Exclusionary Populism, National Identity and Leaders National Identification, double dicotonomy, authoritarian vs liberal populism, democracy and polarization, etc.. Context of the speeches choosen and the speeker: (Two pages) Since we will do a discourse analysis we will have to select two speeches for Maduro and two speeches by Bolsonaro and compare them (preferably already translated to English) 1. One speech of an electoral campaign of Maduro and one of Bolsonaro. (National) 2. One speech of the UN Assembly of Maduro and one of Bolsonaro (International) Analysis ( 25 Pages) Not sure how to structure* Here we will apply the MDA theory in combination with our Populism theory. For my thesis I would like to try to understand the different connotations of their ideas, by analyzing their words, their contexts and how their ideas are related to the international populist environment. Disscusion (10 Pages) To understand how the populist principles of Bolsonaro and Maduro confront the following principles of liberal democracy: The constitutional basis, Separation of powers, Human rights, Freedom of expression? Conclusion (5 Pages) Appendix References: (5-6 pages minimun of Sources) 1. Bibliography 2. Webography Extra info: To be percise im doing a comparison of populist discourses in Latin America, the cases of Bolsonaro and Maduro, against the principles of liberal democracy and how their ideas are related to the international populist enviornment. I will like my work to be sent in several parts for me to be able to check the process and make fixes. Dont doubt in using models and figures to communicate processes or display complicated data simply (specially during the theory of science) Im looking for someone to write with my level of English and Vocabulary. Im looking to spend 600 – 700 USD. Documents attached: 1. University thesis handbook 2. My thesis topic idea 3. International Politics Exam where I analize a speech from Bolsonaro given in the UN Assembly using a theory on Populism (I would like to do my analysis on my thesis the same way I did on this exam) Looking forward working with you, Kind regards.
