The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe (Routledge International Handbooks)

__The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe__ is a timely and important study of the far and extreme right-wing phenomenon across a broad spectrum of European countries, and in relation to a selected list of core areas and topics such as anti-gender, identitarian politics, hooliganism, and protest mobilisation. The handbook deals with the rise and the developments of far-right movements, parties, and organisations across diverse countries in Europe. Crucially, it discusses the main topics and issues pertaining to far-right ideology and positioning, and considers how central and less central actors of far-right milieus have fared within the given context. Comprising a wide range of subject expertise, the contributors focus on far-right organisations on the margins of the electoral sphere, as well as street-level movements, and the relationship between them and electoral politics. The handbook spans nearly twenty European country cases, grouped according to geographical/regional area. It includes case studies where the far right has gained increased momentum, as well as countries where it has been much less successful in mobilising public opinion and the electorate (e.g. Ireland and Portugal). Another important feature is the inclusion of street-level mobilisations, such as football firms, thereby expanding and updating existing research, which is primarily focused on political parties and organisations. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive, this handbook will be of great interest to scholars and students of Criminology, Political Science, Extremism Studies, European Studies, Media and Communication, and Sociology. The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe is a timely and important study of the far and extreme right-wing phenomenon across a broad spectrum of European countries, and in relation to a selected list of core areas and topics such as anti-gender, identitarian politics, hooliganism, and protest mobilisation. The handbook deals with the rise and the developments of far-right movements, parties, and organisations across diverse countries in Europe. Crucially, it discusses the main topics and issues pertaining to far-right ideology and positioning, and considers how central and less central actors of far-right milieus have fared within the given context. Comprising a wide range of subject expertise, the contributors focus on far-right organisations on the margins of the electoral sphere, as well as street-level movements, and the relationship between them and electoral politics. The handbook spans nearly twenty European country cases, grouped according to geographical/regional area. It includes case studies where the far right has gained increased momentum, as well as countries where it has been much less successful in mobilising public opinion and the electorate (e.g. Ireland and Portugal). Another important feature is the inclusion of street-level mobilisations, such as football firms, thereby expanding and updating existing research, which is primarily focused on political parties and organisations. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive, this handbook will be of great interest to scholars and students of Criminology, Political Science, Extremism Studies, European Studies, Media and Communication, and Sociology. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 CONTENTS 6 List of Figures 9 List of Tables 10 List of Contributors 11 Introduction 18 PART I: Eastern Europe 24 1. The Serbian Far Right, Football Hooligans, and Their Instrumentalisation by an Authoritarian Regime: Serbia as Case Study 26 2. The Far Right in Ukraine 38 3. The Russian Far Right: A Changing Landscape of Spaces of Hate 56 PART II: Central Europe 70 4. Subnational Politics and Far-right Strength in Germany: The Importance of the East-West Divide 72 5. The Austrian Far Right: Historical Continuities and the Case of the Ulrichsberg Commemorations 84 6. Four Cycles of the Czech Far-right’s Contention 100 7. Hungary’s Goulash-nationalism: The Reheated Stew of Hungary’s Far Right 117 PART III: Southern Europe 132 8. The New Populist Radical Right in Portugal: The Chega Party 134 9. The Radicalisation of the Italian Mainstream: Populist Radical Right Parties and Extreme Right-wing Movements in Italy (2012–2022) 146 10. The Far Right in Greece: A Foretold Story 162 11. The Greek-Cypriot Far-right Space, Its History, and ELAM’s Trajectory 173 PART IV: Northern Europe 188 12. The Evolution of the Extreme Right in Norway Since the 1990s 190 13. The Far Right in Sweden 206 14. The Shift to the Right in Denmark 219 PART V: Western Europe 232 15. The New Horizons of the French Extreme Right: Fragmented but Dynamic and Better Socially Embedded 234 16. The Dutch Identitair Verzet and the European Identitarian Movement: Alone at the Table 247 17. Radical Right-wing Politics on the Island of Ireland 261 18. The Contemporary UK Far Right and Its Organisational Trajectory Since 2009: Towards a Truly Post-organisational Movement? 275 EPILOGUE: Selected Current Issues in the European Far Right 292 19. “America Coughs, and We Catch a Cold”: Mapping the Relationship between the American Far Right and British and European Activism 294 20. Gendering the Far-right Continuum in Europe 305 21. Misogyny as a Gateway to Far-right Hate: A Quantitative Exploration in Great Britain 317 Index 328 sexual,violence;,Covid-19;,shadow,pandemic;,policy,provision;,online,extremism;,domestic,abuse sexual violence,Covid-19,shadow pandemic,policy provision,online extremism,domestic abuse The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe is a timely and important study of the far and extreme right-wing phenomenon across a broad spectrum of European countries, and in relation to a selected list of core areas and topics such as anti-gender, identitarian politics, hooliganism, and protest mobilisation. The handbook deals with the rise and the developments of far-right movements, parties, and organisations across diverse countries in Europe. Crucially, it discusses the main topics and issues pertaining to far-right ideology and positioning, and considers how central and less central actors of far-right milieus have fared within the given context. Comprising a wide range of subject expertise, the contributors focus on far-right organisations on the margins of the electoral sphere, as well as street-level movements, and the relationship between them and electoral politics. The handbook spans nearly twenty European country cases, grouped according to geographical/regional area. It includes case studies where the far right has gained increased momentum, as well as countries where it has been much less successful in mobilising public opinion and the electorate (e.g. Ireland and Portugal). Another important feature is the inclusion of street-level mobilisations, such as football firms, thereby expanding and updating existing research, which is primarily focused on political parties and organisations. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive, this handbook will be of great interest to scholars and students of Criminology, Political Science, Extremism Studies, European Studies, Media and Communication, and Sociology. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101029801. "This book deals with the rise of right wing in Europe and the development of right wing movements in Europe across all countries of the continent"-- Provided by publisher