Australia – Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right

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Suppressing dissent and ignoring grievances increases risk of far-right radicalisation

Political dissent and illiberal or socially harmful expressions of angry citizenship pose a complicated challenge for liberal democratic societies. On the one hand, the political leadership and community as a…

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Radical-Right Recruitment (Part II): A Proposal to Enhance Conceptual Clarity

Lede: In this second part of a two part series, Senior Fellow Dr Mario Peucker discusses the nature of radical-right recruitment in relation to ideologically explicit versus ideologically covert strategies…

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Radical-Right Recruitment (Part I): A Proposal to Enhance Conceptual Clarity

Lede: In this first part of a two part series, Senior Fellow Dr Mario Peucker discusses the nature of radical-right recruitment and the different strategies on the spectrum of directed…

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The Complex Role of Racism Within the Radical Right

Several political parties and governments around the world have centered their commitment to countering the radical right on tackling hate and racism. The most recent example was the announcement by the German…

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How the Left and the Right Radicalize Each Other

The year 2020 has seen a spate of activity that has fueled the growth of far-right activity globally. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spike in conspiracy theory communities…

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Resilience and vulnerabilities: Responding to radical-right mobilisation on the local level

Introduction A myriad of research has been conducted in recent years on radical-right messaging online, but what has attracted only limited empirical attention is how radical-right dynamics play out offline…

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Alternative epistemologies of the radical right: how grand narratives and the quest for truth offer recognition and a sense of belonging

In early 2019, during ethnographic fieldwork on radical right movements in Australia, I attended a far-right rally against allegedly “African gang crimes” in Melbourne. I spoke to a young man…

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Australia’s Own Brand of Radical Populism

Unlike radical right-wing populism in Western Europe, Australia’s “Hansonism” is largely a one-woman show, almost completely dependent on Pauline Hanson’s personality and appeal. She has been called a “mischievous troublemaker,…

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What’s wrong with Australia?

The Christchurch massacre and the Australian state of mind. A cocktail that has been years in the making. The Christchurch terrorist carnage serves as a stark reminder that Australia is…

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They’re Not All White, But All Alt-Patriots

From the Fringes The transnational radical right is growing beyond the fringes of society and politics where it once lingered and is now seeping into the mainstream. A key message…

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