Epistemic Capture and Democratic Decay: A Mixed-Method Comparison of the United States and Hungary

• In Event: Democratic Backsliding, the Quality of Democracy and Support for Democracy

Brief Overview

This paper introduces and substantiates the concept of epistemic capture, or the process by which illiberal actors seize control of knowledge-disseminating institutions like universities and media organizations to the detriment of liberal democracy.

Authors

• Michael Hunter Driggers, University of Western Ontario

• Kaylynn Driggers, University of Western Ontario