Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Thinking About Right-Wing Extremism in North America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: Situating Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States

      • Barbara Perry, Jeff Gruenewald, Ryan Scrivens

      Pages 3-19

   3. Understanding Extremism: Frames of Analysis of the Far Right

      • Randy Blazak

      Pages 21-47

   4. Blurring the Boundaries of Mainstream and Extreme: Contexts and Contours of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada

      • Barbara Perry

      Pages 49-66

   5. Trump and the Alt Right: The Mainstreaming of White Nationalism

      • Tanner Mirrlees

      Pages 67-96

   6. Asymmetric Coverage of Asymmetric Violence: How U.S. Print News Media Report Far-Right Terrorism

      • Erin M. Kearns, Allison Betus

      Pages 97-118

   7. Check All That Apply: Challenges in Tracking Ideological Movements That Motivate Right-Wing Terrorism

      • Erin Miller, Elizabeth A. Yates, Sheehan Kane

      Pages 119-151

3. Diversity Within the Right-Wing Extremist Movement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. “We Are the News Now”: The Role of Networked Conspiracy and the Quebec “Tweetosphere” in Shaping the Narrative Around the Anti-COVID-19 Restrictions

      • Samuel Tanner, Aurélie Campana

      Pages 155-185

   3. Fantasies of Violence in the Patriot/Militia Movement in the United States

      • Sam Jackson

      Pages 187-213

   4. Birds of a Feather: A Comparative Analysis of White Supremacist and Violent Male Supremacist Discourses

      • Meredith L. Pruden, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Anne Peterscheck, Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

      Pages 215-254

   5. They’re Not All the Same: A Longitudinal Comparison of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremist Identities Online

      • Garth Davies, Ryan Scrivens, Tiana Gaudette, Richard Frank

      Pages 255-278

   6. No Longer Alone: Lone Wolves, Wolf Packs, and Made for Web TV Specials

      • Jeffrey Kaplan

      Pages 279-298

4. Where the Action Is: Right-Wing Extremist Activities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299

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   2. Far-Right Extremist Violence in the United States

      • Steven Chermak, Joshua D. Freilich, William S. Parkin, Jeff Gruenewald, Colleen Mills, Brent Klein et al.

      Pages 301-326

   3. Pathways to Hate: Applying an Integrated Social Control-Social Learning Model to White Supremacist Violence

      • Colleen Mills

      Pages 327-353

   4. Right-Wing Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature

      • Ryan Scrivens, Tiana Gaudette, Maura Conway, Thomas J. Holt

      Pages 355-380

   5. Far-Right Violence and Extremism: Global Convergence

      • Arie Perliger, Joshua Mills

      Pages 381-408

   6. The Nexus of Right-Wing Extremism and the Canadian Armed Forces

      • Philip McCristall, David C. Hofmann, Shayna Perry

      Pages 409-442

This book is the first collection of scholarship featuring both Canadian and American scholarship on the resurgent right-wing extremist movement in the two countries. It is particularly timely given the recent rise in political populism that has engendered renewed activism from extreme right contingents. Trump’s right-wing populist and white nationalist political campaign has galvanized Canadian and American white supremacist ideologies, identities, movements and practices. Leading Canadian and American scholars are brought together to explore a contemporary array of current dynamics, patterns and characteristics associated with the movement in each country. Split into four sections, it provides an introduction to extremism in the 21st century, it examines studying extremism, forms of extremist activity and violence, and the responses. The collection allows comparisons to be drawn out from the distinct treatments of each country. It speaks to students as well as scholarsin social sciences departments, including criminology, sociology, social justice, and terrorism, peace and security studies, and political-violence related programs. 

• Trump
• social justice
• terrorism
• far right
• political violence
• security and peace
• security
• violence
• hate studies
• populism
• political sociology
• victims
• American politics
• politics and religion

• Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario, Oshawa, Canada

  Barbara Perry

• Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

  Jeff Gruenewald

• School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Ryan Scrivens

Barbara Perry is Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, Canada, and the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism.

Jeff Gruenewald is Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center (TRC) in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at University of Arkansas, USA. 

Ryan Scrivens is Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, USA. He is also Associate Director at the International CyberCrime Research Centre at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Research Fellow at the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence.

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