Rhetorical Divergence: Comparison of Populist and Non-Populist UNGA Speakers

• In Event: Strategic Rhetoric and Strategic Behavior in International Relations

Brief Overview

This study explores how populism shapes the use of linguistic patterns in UNGA speeches from 1994 to 2022. It examines the relative explanatory power of populism, with other factors like ideology, in accounting for these rhetorical choices.

Author

• Evelyn Simoni, University of California-Los Angeles