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The evolution of violence within far-right mobilization: evidence from Russia
Journal abstract This article analyzes the temporal variation in far-right violence by examining it as a series of interrelated attacks that are embedded within and arising out of a broader cycle of...
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Far Right Terrorism in the United States
Chapter summary Over the past two decades, violent jihadis have generated substantial attention in the United States. At the same time, other types of violent extremists have been relatively neglected....
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Hillbilly Insurgency
Journal abstract A growing number of people worldwide share the fear that an anxiety-free night’s rest, let alone dreams of any kind, is becoming a luxury afforded only to the rich, connected and...
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Transitional Journeys Into and Out of Extremism. A Biographical Approach
Journal abstract This article describes an empirical study into processes of homegrown radicalization and de-radicalization of young people. Researchers in Denmark and the Netherlands set out to answer...
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Telling the Story of the National Socialist Underground (NSU): A Narrative...
Journal abstract The German media have played a much more important role in the context of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) than has been acknowledged. Drawing on criminological approaches to...
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The Rise and Fall of the English Defence League: Self-Governance, Marginal...
Journal abstract What determines the success or failure of far-right organisations? This article uses new qualitative data to explain the sudden rise and subsequent decline of the English Defence...
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Reciprocal Radicalisation as a Strategic Choice? A case study of National Action
The nature and speed of National Action’s escalation towards violent extremism suggests they may have in part been reacting to Islamist violent extremism. The group integrated anti-Muslim rhetoric...
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The British Extreme Right, Reciprocal Radicalisation and constructions of the...
Roger Eatwell coined the term ‘cumulative extremism’ in his influential article on community cohesion from 2006. He argued that ‘different forms of extremisms are constructed in discourse’ by...
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The differences in how Islamists and the Far Right feed off their ‘Other’
Both radical Islamists and far right groups feed off the ‘otherisation’ of groups presented as oppositional to their local and global identity formations. Far right groups want to reclaim particular...
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Islamist and Far-Right Extremists: Rhetorical and Strategic Allies in the...
The shared goal of extremist actors across different ideologies is to bring about radical political or societal change, often through the strategic polarisation of society. The adoption of...
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Online discontent: comparing Western European far-right groups on Facebook
Journal abstract Far-right groups increasingly use social media to interact with other groups and reach their followers. Social media also enable ‘ordinary’ people to participate in online discussions...
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Contesting the EU in times of crisis: The Front National and politics of...
Journal abstract This article examines the performance and party system diffusion of Euroscepticism of the French Front National (FN) during recent European crises. The article argues that Europe’s...
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The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in...
Publisher’s description How extremism is going mainstream in Germany through clothing brands laced with racist and nationalist symbols The past decade has witnessed a steady increase in far right...
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On the Pathway to Violence: West German Right-Wing Terrorism in the 1970s
Journal abstract West German society faced the emergence of a new calibre of right-wing terrorism in the 1970s. Right-wing terrorist groups evolved that showed themselves willing and able to commit...
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On the Pathway to Violence: West German Right-Wing Terrorism in the 1970s
Journal abstract West German society faced the emergence of a new calibre of right-wing terrorism in the 1970s. Right-wing terrorist groups evolved that showed themselves willing and able to commit...
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Pathways to violent extremism: a qualitative comparative analysis of the US...
Journal abstract In this research, we analyzed extensive life history interviews and open-source data on a sample of 35 current and former white supremacists. These individuals had all committed...
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Extreme far right: ‘pick’n’mix’ ideologies and direct messaging online make...
Outside the Al Huda Mosque, Dunedin | Mark McGuire | CC BY 2.0 While it is difficult to look beyond the atrocities committed in New Zealand, that they were perpetrated by someone inspired by the...
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Justification of intergroup violence – the role of right-wing...
Journal abstract Economic and political trends of the last decades resulted in a general rise in anti-minority populism in Hungary. Anti-minority sentiments have been manifested in violence primarily...
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Banning political parties in a democratic constitutional state: the second...
Journal abstract Backes’s article discusses the judgement of the Second Senate of the German Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) of 17 January 2017—not to ban the right-wing...
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The Extreme Right in Interwar France: The Faisceau and the Croix de Feu
Publishers’ description Historians of the French extreme right frequently denote the existence of a strong xenophobic and nationalist tradition dating from the 1880s, a perpetual anti-republicanism...
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