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Germany: The European Hotspot of Far Right Violence
July 27, 2020 10:15 AM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetNo other country in Western Europe has in recent decades experienced as much severe and deadly right-wing violence as Germany. Moreover, the nature of this violence is more complex than in other countries, making it even more difficult to prevent.
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Global viruses: Promoting old hatreds
July 9, 2020 1:06 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetCathrine Thorleifsson, who is conducting research on the far right at the Centre for Research on Extremism (C-REX) believes that old hatreds could resurface during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Polish Presidential Election 2020: which role does far-right politics (not) play?
July 2, 2020 9:10 AM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetIn less than two weeks, and amid much turbulence, Poland will choose its next President. Far-right politics plays a complex role in the election. While incumbent Andrzej Duda adopted strong anti-LGBTQI stances in the first round, the run-off seems to become framed as a broader contest over voters of far-right challenger Konfederacja. For the liberal opposition such strategy might nonetheless turn out to be double-edged. The stakes are high, as the outcome of the close race between Duda and his pluralist challenger Rafał Trzaskowski can mark a turning point for liberal democracy in Poland.
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Far right violence in Spain is more organized and against political opponents than in the rest of Western Europe
June 25, 2020 10:35 AM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetFew countries in Western Europe experience as much severe right-wing violence as Spain. However, the nature of right-wing violence in Spain differs from most other countries as it is seems more related to old, rather than new, political conflicts.
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Why Black Pete matters: Institutional racism and police violence in the Netherlands
June 15, 2020 4:02 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetBlack Lives Matter has shaken up political discussions about racism across the globe. In the Netherlands, it has led to yet another escalation around the ‘Black Pete’ controversy, discussed in this blog earlier this year. Despite the widespread protests and the unprecedented public engagement against racism and police violence in the country, Iris Beau Segers argues that the empty rhetoric, inaction and opportunism of (radical) right politicians indicates their continued reluctance to tackle institutional racism at its roots.