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Author	Jérôme Jamin
Title	L’imaginaire du complot
Publisher	IMISCOE
Place	Amsterdam
Title series	IMISCOE Policy Briefs
Year	2009
Series number	17
Institute/dept.	CEDEM - Centre d'Études de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations
Keywords	Policies local/national/international; Public opinion/media
Abstract	This policy brief explores the importance of conspiracy rhetoric within populist and far right speeches in Europe and the United States. It shows how populist and far right parties have developed a rhetoric that is based on the rescue of democracy despite their obvious rejection of the values and principles which set up democracy. Jerome Jamin helps to explain why right-wing scapegoating and conspiracy theories have become so popular in countries around the world and how these manage to recruit people into political action that undermines social cohesion. The policy brief is based on
Document type	Report
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