Right-Wing Movements in North America and Europe: Media, Identity, and Parties

From Boogaloo Bois and Rassemblement National, to Nordic Resistance Movement and Forza Nuova, majoritarian ethnonational movements and extreme-right politics are growing in different national contexts and continue to challenge democratic norms around the globe.

This collection brings together research by prominent senior scholars and up-and-coming junior researchers to present an up-to-date examination of the right’s resurgence in Europe and North America. Its chapters focus on movement-party intersections, social media, identity work, extremism, anti-immigration rhetoric, and theoretical approaches and methodologies to studying the right.

Bringing together several studies originally presented as plenary talks at the annual Mobilization-SDSU conferences, the editors combine their expertise and draw upon their scholarly networks to offer a collection of research that will be significant for years to come. Each chapter is an important contribution that deepens our knowledge of right-wing contentious politics. They will be widely used by both sociologists and political scientists who are interested in current global trend of a resurgent and authoritarian right.

Hank Johnston is Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University, USA.

Rory McVeigh is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Ziad Munson is Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University, USA.