Revealing Schemes - Radnitz, Scott
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Insidious Schemes analyzes the political use of conspiracy theories in post-Soviet countries. It asks why leaders sometimes make conspiracy claims and what their effects are. Using a new database of over 1,500 conspiracy claims from 12 post-Soviet states over 20 years, along with original surveys and focus groups from the region, it reveals how conspiracy theories are deployed with the aim of gaining political advantage. At a time of heightened distrust in democratic institutions around the world, understanding how conspiracy theories are used in a region where democracy came late--or never arrived--can be instructive for concerned citizens everywhere.…mehr

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Insidious Schemes analyzes the political use of conspiracy theories in post-Soviet countries. It asks why leaders sometimes make conspiracy claims and what their effects are. Using a new database of over 1,500 conspiracy claims from 12 post-Soviet states over 20 years, along with original surveys and focus groups from the region, it reveals how conspiracy theories are deployed with the aim of gaining political advantage. At a time of heightened distrust in democratic institutions around the world, understanding how conspiracy theories are used in a region where democracy came late--or never arrived--can be instructive for concerned citizens everywhere.
Autorenporträt
Scott Radnitz is the Herbert J. Ellison Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of Weapons of the Wealthy: Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia. He is also an associate editor of Communist and Post-Communist Studies and a member of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security (PONARS) in Eurasia.