Thinking Beyond Extremism
A Critique of Counterterrorism Research on Right-Wing Nationalist and Far-Right Social Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J E C Tetrault (0000-0002-1580-8550, King's University College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 431-449 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azab062 |
| OpenAlex | W3180130605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
Researchers increasingly use counterterrorism approaches to explain how right-wing groups mobilize as a growing social movement. I reveal the limits of security-oriented research for studying right-wing movements using a semi-ethnographic case study of the Canadian yellow vests. Dominant security narratives paint Canada’s yellow vests as foremost a criminogenic and violent white nationalist movement. My findings, however, suggest that these groups (1) fetishize law and order; and (2) attempt to maintain legitimacy by rejecting vigilantism and policing extreme messaging. Fixating on the ‘extremism’ and criminal risks of right-wing movements can distort analysis and exaggerate their distance from mainstream culture. My data include over 40 h of participant-observation at 20 right-wing rallies and 35 interviews with current leaders and members of on-the-ground nationalist groups
Criminology · Ethnography · Extreme right · Far right · Legitimacy · Mainstream · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Right wing · Social movement · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
The construction of masculinity in far-right attacker manifestos in the west
Whiteness as expertise in studies of the far right
Extremism and Radicalisation. A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence for Personality, Quest for Significance, Spirituality and Intolerance of Uncertainty
Multipolarity in theory
How liberalism accommodates far-right social movements
Introduction
Hate Crime and Class Vulnerability
From Righteousness to Far Right
Social Movements and Ethnographic Methodologies
Right-Wing Extremism in Canada
Security
No Surrender. No Challenge. No Protest Paradigm
CTS and normativity
Uneasy Alliances
Masculinity, Marginalization and Violence
The Rise and Faults of the Internalist Perspective in Extreme Right Studies
Macron Versus the Yellow Vests
A Climate for Hate? An Exploration of the Right-Wing Extremist Landscape in Canada
Security and Immigration
Ethnographies of the Far Right
Talk Is Cheap
What's hate got to do with it? Right-wing movements and the hate stereotype
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |