Los ‘rockstars’ de la nueva derecha americana
Un análisis comparado de las propuestas anti progresistas de Bolsonaro (2019), Trump (2024) y Milei (2023).
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https://doi.org/10.18046/retf.i23.8301Keywords:
Conservative backlash, Political conservatism, Progressive agenda , Reacción conservadora, conservadurismo político, agenda progresistaAbstract
This research compares the anti-progressive campaign promises of Jair Bolsonaro (2018), Donald Trump (2024), and Javier Milei (2023). Employing a small-N qualitative comparative design (most different systems design), electoral commitments gathered from news media and promise trackers were analyzed and classified into three dimensions: 'Welfare state,' 'Diversity, recognition, and inclusion,' and 'Sustainability and ecological transition.' Results show the highest convergence in the environmental dimension, where all three candidates reject climate regulation and prioritize extractivism for economic sovereignty. Regarding diversity, they agree on reversing inclusive agendas, albeit through distinct narratives: moral/religious for Bolsonaro, national security for Trump, and libertarian for Milei. The welfare state dimension exhibits the greatest heterogeneity: Milei and Bolsonaro propose drastic state reduction, whereas Trump promises to preserve social security under a nationalist framework. The study concludes that these candidates do not form a homogeneous ideological bloc, but are primarily united by their opposition to progressivism. The scope is limited to campaign promises and asymmetrical sources, meaning findings are non-generalizable and do not evaluate actual governance.
Keywords: Conservative backlash, populism, extractivism, comparative analysis.
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