Partisan Conspiracy Beliefs and Their Impacts on Democratic Citizenship: Evidence from the U.S. and Turkey

• In Event: JSS: Antidemocratic Actions and Attitudes

Brief Overview

Quantitative and qualitative evidence from the US and Turkey as maximally different systems indicate that once conspiracy beliefs are politicized in terms of party lines, they trigger anti-democratic attitudes leading to erosion of democratic values.

Author

• Mert Can Bayar, Binghamton University