Narrative Capture

How do nativist, right-wing populists consolidate power once elected to office? Comparing the case of India with United States and Brazil during episodes of right-wing populists in power, this book project talk provides a theory of how the combination of capture of the information environment and status politics works to consolidate power for right-wing populist incumbents in multi-ethnic, federal environments with different institutional constraints and media business models. Through the lens of different types and degrees of ‘narrative capture’, Goel differentiates different paths of democratic decline under recent cases of right-wing populism.

Where: SNF Agora Conference Room and Zoom