Europeanisation of the Contemporary Far Right explores the role of transnational European identity in far-right mobilisation strategies.
Anita Nissen is a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated to the research group Regional and International Studies (REGIS) in the Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University, Denmark.
1. Introduction: Europeanisation, the Far-Right, and the 'Refugee Crisis' 2. Social Movement Europeanisation and Far-Right Collective Action, Coalition-Building, and Frames 3. Introducing Generation Identity: Origins, Resources, Opportunities, and Protest Actions 4. Introducing Fortress Europe: Origins, Resources, Opportunities, and Protest Actions 5. Framing Generation Identity: Shared Threat Perceptions and Visions of a European 'Us' of Ethnically Homogeneous Peoples 6. Framing Fortress Europe: A 'Resistance' Movement against Islam and the Political Mainstream 7. Europeanisation of Generation Identity's Collective Action: Jointly Mobilising in the Defence of Europe 8. Europeanisation of Fortress Europe's Collective Action: Domestic Protests against the 'Islamisation' of Europe 9. The Trans-European Generation Identity Coalition: Sustained by a Strong Leadership 10. The Fortress Europe Network: Event-Specific and Lacking Professional Leadership 11. Conclusion: Far-Right Europeanisation? Epilogue: The Groups' Developments From January 2018-July 2021