The rise and endurance of radical right movements. (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caiani, Manuela
• Is Part Of: Current sociology. Volume 67:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 918
• Page End: 935
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: Collective mobilization -- European politics -- radical right movements -- micro -- meso and macro explanatory factors -- radical right violence; Facteurs d'explication aux niveaux micro -- méso et macro -- mobilisation collective -- mouvements de droite radicale -- politique européenne -- violence de la droite radicale; Factores explicativos a nivel micro -- meso y macro -- movilización colectiva -- movimientos de derecha radical -- política europea -- violencia de la derecha radical; Sociology -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; Social problems -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0011392119868000
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0011-3921

Abstract

This article reviews the scholarship on radical right movements in Europe. It focuses on three strands of this literature: first, the macro-level contextual opportunities-based explanations for the fortunes of these movements; second, internal supply-side approaches, referring to the internal organizational resources – leadership, communication and propaganda – that support the mobilization; and third, the individual (micro-level) factors of the emergence and the rise of radical right movements. The goal is to shed light on all these different approaches to explain the 'Who', 'When', 'How' and 'Why' of the emergence and (violent) mobilization of radical right groups, using empirical evidence drawn from various case studies in Western, Eastern and Central Europe. This is a topic often neglected in the academic literature on the radical right, which still focuses mainly on political parties and elections. The article concludes by discussing possible future directions for radical right movement research, including the transnationalization of the radical right, the usage of the Internet and radical right 'movement parties'.