RIGHT-WING RADICAL IDEOLOGEMS IN THE POLITICS OF SOUTH AMERICAN STATES

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of right-wing radical ideologies on political processes in South America. Right-wing radicalism has a long history of presence in the political reality of South American states. Having gone a long way from the usual ideas and concepts of the continental elites to the organization of right-wing radical political forces, right-wing ideologemes have become entrenched in the public consciousness of the societies of South American countries. We relied on a synthesized approach to the "ideologeme" through the concept of the morphology of ideologies by M. Frieden and the theories of "de-ideologi­zation" by D. Bell and S. Lipset. Methods of regional and binary synchronous comparison ma­de it possible to establish indicators of the influence of right-wing radical ideologemes, as well as to record similarities and the most significant differences in individual country cases. An analysis of the structure and state of the party systems of the states of the region made it pos­sible to determine the degree of influence of right-wing radical ideologies on the political pro­cesses. Among the most significant causes of ideological radicalization in South America, we have identified cultural, historical, and socio-economic factors.