Dynamics of Far-Right Contention: Organisation, Diffusion, and Opposition

Abstract

This panel examines how contemporary far-right contention develops and interacts with both institutional politics and opposing actors. Contributions focus on three key dimensions: (1) organisational adaptation, including hybridisation; (2) the diffusion of far-right ideas beyond formal organisations and their gradual normalisation within civil society; and (3) interactions with counter-mobilisation actors, highlighting how institutions, civil society, and grassroots networks contest far-right presence in public space. Together, the papers provide an empirically grounded, comparative understanding of far-right mobilisation and the democratic responses it provokes, shedding light on both the drivers of far-right mobilisation and the mechanisms of resistance across contemporary democracies.

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