Janine R. Wedel

Janine R. Wedel, an award-winning social anthropologist, is a recognized pioneer in the study of elite influence, power networks, shadow elites, corruption, and informality, with primary focus on the United States and Europe. A Distinguished University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government (George Mason University), and a visiting researcher, Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm), Wedel's work has been popularized through high-impact books, including Unaccountable: How the Establishment Corrupted Our Finances, Freedom, and Politics and Created an Outsider Class (2016) and the major-prize-winning Shadow Elite (2009).