The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity
Street-based militant groups on the far right usually emerge within nation-states and only rarely operate transnationally. However, over the past decade, there have been two notable exceptions to this rule in Europe: The Nordic Resistance Movement, originating in Sweden; and Generation Identity, ori...
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2020-12-01
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| description | Street-based militant groups on the far right usually emerge within nation-states and only rarely operate transnationally. However, over the past decade, there have been two notable exceptions to this rule in Europe: The Nordic Resistance Movement, originating in Sweden; and Generation Identity, originating in France. Both groups are regularly described as some of the most influential of their kind but have received limited academic attention and are often portrayed rather crudely by the media. Thus, to inform future research, policy-making, and preventive work, this article outlines the ideological foundation of each group, traces their national origins and transnational evolution, compares their ideologies, strategies, organization, and types of action, and discusses how government and local authorities can deal with militant protest groups in a way that discourages violence and extremism, while at the same time safeguarding liberal democratic principles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6de7c74579b14eceb5cd893725ef72f22022-12-21T22:35:38ZdeuDaniel KoehlerJournal for Deradicalization2363-98492363-98492020-12-01Winter 20/2125134The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation IdentityJacob Aasland Ravndal0University of OsloStreet-based militant groups on the far right usually emerge within nation-states and only rarely operate transnationally. However, over the past decade, there have been two notable exceptions to this rule in Europe: The Nordic Resistance Movement, originating in Sweden; and Generation Identity, originating in France. Both groups are regularly described as some of the most influential of their kind but have received limited academic attention and are often portrayed rather crudely by the media. Thus, to inform future research, policy-making, and preventive work, this article outlines the ideological foundation of each group, traces their national origins and transnational evolution, compares their ideologies, strategies, organization, and types of action, and discusses how government and local authorities can deal with militant protest groups in a way that discourages violence and extremism, while at the same time safeguarding liberal democratic principles.https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/407far right terrorismtransnational street militancyfar right activismnordic resistance movementgeneration identitypreventing violent extremism |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Aasland Ravndal The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity Journal for Deradicalization far right terrorism transnational street militancy far right activism nordic resistance movement generation identity preventing violent extremism |
| title | The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity |
| title_full | The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity |
| title_fullStr | The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity |
| title_short | The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity |
| title_sort | emergence of transnational street militancy a comparative case study of the nordic resistance movement and generation identity |
| topic | far right terrorism transnational street militancy far right activism nordic resistance movement generation identity preventing violent extremism |
| url | https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/407 |
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