Subjective deprivation as a determinant of the activities of Law and Justice. The case of the Polish Deal program

Abstract

The aim of the article is to define the meaning of subjective deprivation within the political communication of Law and Justice. The analysis is a case study and concerns the Polish Deal reform program. The article is based on a qualitative approach in research on populism (the subject of the analysis are the statements of PiS leaders). The research problem concerns the question: is there any content that qualifies for the space defined by the category of subjective deprivation in the arguments for the Polish Order? The study shows that the arguments for the Polish Order referred to subjective deprivation in terms of both the improvement of the standard of living in the economic dimension as well as the position in society. PiS leaders announced actions to eliminate the differences between the standard of living in large cities and suburbs, and between Polish and Western society. The category that constituted an important element of the argument was the middle class, the extension and support of which was announced