Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Radical Right : Scapegoating, Conspiracy Theories and New Narratives.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (211 pages)
Intro -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: COVID-19 and the Radical Right -- How is the Far Right Capitalizing on COVID-19? -- How COVID-19 Will Impact the Fight Against the Radical Right -- For the Far Right, The COVID-19 Crisis is a PR Opportunity -- COVID-19's Victims: Populism -- Chapter 2: Case Studies from Europe and North America -- Flanders First: How COVID-19 has Boosted the Flemish Radical Populist Right -- Germany: Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Weakening the Far Right? -- COVID-19 and the Pause of Far-Right Demonstrations in Germany -- Amid COVID-19, Trump Attempts to Rewrite History -- Will France's Marine Le Pen be a Profiteer or Victim of the Pandemic? -- How the European Union Lost Italy to the Radical Right -- After COVID-19: Will Matteo Salvini Lead Europe's Radical Right? -- COVID-19 & -- the (temporary) Fall of the Populist Radical Right in European Politics? -- The Spanish Right, COVID-19 and 'Socio-Communism' -- Tilting at Windmills: The Spanish Radical Populist Right in Times of COVID-19 -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and Radical-Right Conspiracy Theories -- The Oldest Hatred, Conspiracy Theories and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- COVID-19 and the Radical Right: Conspiracy, Disinformation and Xenophobia -- The Dangers of Right-Wing COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories -- Apocalypse Now: The Conspiracy Theories of the Radical Right -- Chapter 4: COVID-19 and the Rise of Racism and Religious Hatred -- The 'Other' in a Time of Crisis: Europe's Populist Radical Right Response to COVID-19 -- Anti-Asian Racism Amid COVID-19 Echoes US History of Blaming Immigrants for Disease -- Canada and the 'Yellow Peril' Conspiracy Amidst COVID-19 -- "#CORONAJIHAD": How the Far Right in India is Responding to the Pandemic -- Chapter 5: COVID-19 and the Radical Right's Transition Online. Quarantined Radicals: Right-Wing Extremism in the Age of COVID-19 -- Zoom-Bombing and the Far Right's Latest Assault on College Communities -- The Risks of Online Radicalization in the COVID-19 Era -- The Influence of Memes on Far-Right Radicalization -- Chapter 6: COVID-19, Class and Gender -- Appropriating 'Choice': Uses of Gendered Discourse in 'Re-Open' Protests -- Gender and Mainstreaming in the Era of COVID-19: Swedish Exceptionalism & -- the Radical Right -- Contesting Class in the Lockdown Protests -- Epilogue -- Will the World Be More Tolerant After the COVID-19 Pandemic?.