Niko Heikkilä
Biographic Data
| ID | 4206543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niko Heikkilä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niko |
| FAMILY NAME | Heikkilä |
| SIGNATURE | HEIKKILÄ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn and the Spatial Strategy of Social Control in Texas
In 2019, anti-abortion activists started the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn (SCFTU) initiative, aiming to pass local ordinances outlawing abortion within city or county limits across Texas. In this article, I examine the SCFTU initiative in Texas to explain the role of social control in anti-abortion strategy and the broader implications of this type of activism in relation to mainstream pro-life and the more extreme abortion abolitionist aims. …
Racial Myths and the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan
In the civil rights-era, the Ku Klux Klan mobilized for the third time. To maintain white supremacy in the U.S. South, violence and terror were among its main tools. The movement's notoriety was buttressed by racial myths and racist stereotypes that drew from wide-ranging sources. The Klan utilized this tradition based on myths, to counter the Civil Rights Movement's successes that had created a sense of urgency and need for action among Klan mem…
Online Antagonism of the Alt-Right in the 2016 Election
Buoyed by the populist campaign of Donald Trump, the “alt-right,” a loose political movement based around right-wing ideologies, emerged as an unexpected and highly contentious actor during the election cycle. The alt-right promoted controversy through provocative online actions that drew a considerable amount of media attention. This article focuses on the role of the “alt-right” in the 2016 election by examining its visual and rhetorical effort…
Online Antagonism of the Alt-Right in the 2016 Election
Buoyed by the populist campaign of Donald Trump, the “alt-right,” a loose political movement based around right-wing ideologies, emerged as an unexpected and highly contentious actor during the election cycle. The alt-right promoted controversy through provocative online actions that drew a considerable amount of media attention. This article focuses on the role of the “alt-right” in the 2016 election by examining its visual and rhetorical effort…
Online Antagonism of the Alt-Right in the 2016 Election
Buoyed by the populist campaign of Donald Trump, the “alt-right,” a loose political movement based around right-wing ideologies, emerged as an unexpected and highly contentious actor during the election cycle. The alt-right promoted controversy through provocative online actions that drew a considerable amount of media attention. This article focuses on the role of the “alt-right” in the 2016 election by examining its visual and rhetorical effort…
Racial Myths and the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan
In the civil rights-era, the Ku Klux Klan mobilized for the third time. To maintain white supremacy in the U.S. South, violence and terror were among its main tools. The movement's notoriety was buttressed by racial myths and racist stereotypes that drew from wide-ranging sources. The Klan utilized this tradition based on myths, to counter the Civil Rights Movement's successes that had created a sense of urgency and need for action among Klan mem…
Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn and the Spatial Strategy of Social Control in Texas
In 2019, anti-abortion activists started the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn (SCFTU) initiative, aiming to pass local ordinances outlawing abortion within city or county limits across Texas. In this article, I examine the SCFTU initiative in Texas to explain the role of social control in anti-abortion strategy and the broader implications of this type of activism in relation to mainstream pro-life and the more extreme abortion abolitionist aims. …
History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American History and Culture (1 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Civil rights (1 works)