Power Preservation, No Matter the Means. Communist and Post-Communist Studies.

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article-abstract/58/4/29/205227/Power-Preservation-No-Matter-the-MeansPopulism-and" target="_blank" >https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article-abstract/58/4/29/205227/Power-Preservation-No-Matter-the-MeansPopulism-and</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2025.2458747" target="_blank" >10.1525/cpcs.2025.2458747</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Power Preservation, No Matter the Means. Communist and Post-Communist Studies.

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article examines the Serbian political leadership—the president and government alike—by addressing the dominant political figures’ narratives. We communicate with the theoretical aspects in the study of populism and conspiracy theories as this nexus enables us to examine the specific nature of the domestic politics in Serbia. In our view, the ruling elite complements its populist discourse with conspiracy theory to ensure its survival in power, by regularly generating fear about the threat posed to Serbian statehood and lack of apprehension for Belgrade’s geopolitical preferences and exploration of foreign policy alternatives. Our analysis fills a major gap in the literature, since there has been only sporadic research on this topic and none of it has focused on the merger of populism and conspiracy theory. The findings we have reached—largely those of the elite’s self-victimization narratives and their dissemination of anti-Western sentiments—provide for a fresh contribution to the debate concerning the power struggle and the state of democracy in Serbia, especially given the fact that the key political stakeholders draw heavily on pro-regime media outlets to readily disseminate their self-serving accounts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Power Preservation, No Matter the Means. Communist and Post-Communist Studies.

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article examines the Serbian political leadership—the president and government alike—by addressing the dominant political figures’ narratives. We communicate with the theoretical aspects in the study of populism and conspiracy theories as this nexus enables us to examine the specific nature of the domestic politics in Serbia. In our view, the ruling elite complements its populist discourse with conspiracy theory to ensure its survival in power, by regularly generating fear about the threat posed to Serbian statehood and lack of apprehension for Belgrade’s geopolitical preferences and exploration of foreign policy alternatives. Our analysis fills a major gap in the literature, since there has been only sporadic research on this topic and none of it has focused on the merger of populism and conspiracy theory. The findings we have reached—largely those of the elite’s self-victimization narratives and their dissemination of anti-Western sentiments—provide for a fresh contribution to the debate concerning the power struggle and the state of democracy in Serbia, especially given the fact that the key political stakeholders draw heavily on pro-regime media outlets to readily disseminate their self-serving accounts.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

ISSN

0967-067X

e-ISSN

1873-6920

Svazek periodika

58

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

29-51

Kód UT WoS článku

001632650000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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