The Far-Right in Contemporary Australia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peucker, Mario (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Smith, Debra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Terrorism.; Political violence.; Political sociology.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Political Sociology.

This book is the first to elaborate on radical and extreme right movements in contemporary Australia. It brings together leading scholars to present cutting edge research on various facets and manifestations of Australia's diverse far-right, which has gained unprecedented public presence and vi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Far-right movements in contemporary Australia: An introduction
• 2. The Australian far-right: An international comparison of fringe and conventional politics
• 3. The values of One Nation supporters
• 4. Not a monolithic movement: The diverse and shifting messaging of Australia's far-right
• 5. Far-right contestation in Australia: Soldiers of Odin and True Blue Crew
• 6. Transnationalising the anti-public sphere: Australian anti-publics and reactionary online media
• 7. Hear what I hear, see what I see: relating extremist rhetoric to the communities that notice it
• 8. Hijacking Democracy? Spatialised Persecution and the Planning Process
• 9. Challenging the far-right in Australia
• 10. Conclusion: Making sense of the far-right in Australia.