“Plebiscito Nacional en Chile 2020: Un Análisis del Intercambio Discursivo en la Contienda Electoral, desde una Mirada Transnacional

Abstract

In political science, electoral studies have been historically analyzed from a national or international perspective, excluding the transnational one. Following the constitutional plebiscite in the entry of October 2020 in Chile, this work sought to explore the discursive exchange of political actors in the electoral contest, considering the distinction between national and transnational lands. For this, discourse analysis was used under the parameters of the Social Discourse Theory. In this way, it was sought to identify the similarities and differences that exist in the discursive plane within these fields, as well as the marks of meaning. This study used documentary review and semistructured interviews with academics and leaders of key political parties as tools. The results of the research made possible to identify the properties that defined the political speeches in the campaign, as well as to observe how the Chilean emigrant wasconstructed.