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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Far-Right"”.
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Far-Right Civilizationism: Limits and Contradictions
… in recent years by an emergent transnational far-right governance model, with supportive networks of far-right collective intellectuals who are ambitious to provide leadership within the post-war historic bloc of the LIO (or ‘Western civilization’) and greater world order. I will discuss the …
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Social movement theory and far right organizations
<p>This research examines the organized far right movement and interviews members of four right wing organizations to understand their goals and operations. This study compares the utility of two social movement theories, Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT) and New Social Movement Theory (NSMT) to …
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Contaminated lands? Local dynamics of contentious mobilization around far-right politics
Over the past decade, the far right has gained ground across Europe, even in regions traditionally hostile to its claims. This rise has materialized both in the elections, with notable achievements by radical right-wing parties, and in the streets, with increasing grassroots activities supporting …
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Far-Right Extremism in America: A Geospatial Analysis of Incident Distribution
… research on the spatial relationship of violent far-right extremism. Previous studies have only focused on portions of far-right violent incidents, such as homicides, or amalgamated all far-right extremist activity, including legal incidents. This study uses data from the Extremist Crime Database …
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Canada First Is Inevitable: Analyzing Youth-Oriented Far-Right Propaganda on TikTok
The gradual disappearance of the so-called ‘alt-right’, caused in part by the gradual deplatforming of its figureheads has created somewhat of a power vacuum, allowing for a new generation of far-right influencers to take over. The Groyper movement, led by 23-year-old Nicholas J. Fuentes, could in …
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The far right in the UK: The BNP in comparative perspective. Examining the development of the British Nation Party within the context of UK and continental far right politics
… in order to achieve this aim. The history of the far right in the UK is examined to establish whether the BNP have changed their stance in comparison to previous far right movements. The BNP are also investigated comparatively with other West European parties who have enjoyed national success, as …
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The Communication of Conversion and the Christian Patriot Movement: Proselytization Within the Far Right
This study examines how the Christian Patriot Movement attempts to convert and maintain new members. The study adopted a two pronged system of analysis, including both rhetorical and qualitative. Data for the study was gathered by interviewing Militia members, Identity Christian Members, and …
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British far right and anti-fascist media's construction of identity: Searchlight and Spearhead, 1964 – 1982
… test traditional methods of understanding the far right and argues these can be successfully applied to the study of anti-fascism, and demonstrates anti-fascism can be seen as culturally more than a reactionary movement. Finally it examines the methods used by both print cultures to maintain …
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Extreme Politics: An Analysis of the State Level Conditions Favoring Far Right Parties in the European Union
… the state level conditions fostering the rise of far right parties in the European Union in the last two decades. The political background of these parties is examined. This study offers a definition for far right parties, which combines several previous attempts. The research has focused on the …
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Saving America's gays and lesbians from hell : a fantasy theme criticism of the anti-gay rhetoric of the far-right
… investigates the worldview of six rhetors of the far-right using the rhetorical method of fantasy theme analysis. The specific rhetors examined in this study are Peter J. Peters, Dan Gayman, Edward Fields, Fred Phelps, Jeny Falwell, and James Dobson. In order to understand the discourse of the six …
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Political Discourse and Digital Communication: A Critical Discourse Analysis of far-right Populism in Italy and in The United States
Il presente lavoro ha lo scopo di analizzare e comparare i discorsi populisti di estrema destra di Donald J. Trump e Matteo Salvini attraverso una metodologia combinata che include la Critical Discourse Analysis e la Corpus Linguistics. Nello specifico, questo lavoro si focalizza sui tweets ed i …
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The (Re)emergence of eco-fascism : white-nationalism, sacrifice, and proto-fascism in the circulation of digital rhetoric in the ecological far-right.
Environmentalism is no longer the sole domain of progressive and leftist politics. A recent uptick in violent outbursts by white nationalists espousing eco-fascist political beliefs indicates a troubling trend in environmental politics. Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter, and Patrick …
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Far-right party-movement interactions in times of crises (2009-2019): The cases of Lega-CasaPound Italia in Italy and UKIP-EDL in the United Kingdom
… and Sociology. This is particularly true for far-right actors since they are characterised by diverse ideological and organisational features. Understanding how parties and movements interact can help shed light on how these features develop and, ultimately, explain their success. In the …
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From Economic Neoliberalism to Economic Nationalism: Ideational Change in the Economic Programme of the Austrian Freedom Party 1956-2017
In recent years, the far-right nationalist Austrian Freedom Party, much like other far-right parties, has undergone a shift in their economic programme from relative economic openness to ideas of renationalising industries, disenfranchising multinational corporations, and restricting international …
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A CULTURAL BACKLASH ALL OVER EUROPE? INVESTIGATING THE LINK FROM VALUES TO VOTES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
… Western democracies explains voter support for far-right parties through increasing alienation of social conservatives from mainstream society in the context of progressive value change. This account of electoral change relies on a pathway from social conservatism to authoritarian personality …
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An Analysis of the Sovereign Citizen Movement: Demographics and Trial Behaviors
… Movement (SCM) and how it fits into the broader far-right domestic terrorist movement. The main focus of this study is to determine if there is a significant difference between the SCM and the far-right in their demographic composition, trial strategies, and trial behaviors and whether the SCM …
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