Details

Subject(s)

• Right-wing extremists—Research—Methodology [Browse]
• Social movements—Research—Methodology [Browse]

Editor

• Toscano, Emanuele [Browse]

Series

Social movements in the 21st century: new paradigms

Summary note

As extreme and far right movements become increasingly widespread in many countries, the sociology of social movements is called to confront them. This book addresses the specific challenges entailed by the empirical study of such movements, presenting case studies from Japan, Thailand, England, France, Italy, the USA, and Turkey. Based on empirical fieldwork, the chapters explore the ethics and politics of researching far right movements, considering the researcher's reflexivity and the methodological issues raised by being emotionally linked to a research object that affirms and strives for values that differ markedly from those of the researcher. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in social movements and research methods.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Researching far-right movements. An introduction; 1. The specificities of researching evil; 2. "Field observer: Simples." Finding a place from which to do close-up research on the "far right"; 3. Rapport, respect, and dissonance: Studying the white power movement in the United States; 4. Rethinking the party, the state and the world: The case of Turkish right-wing nationalist youth in Gezi protests; 5. Reporting the "good deeds" of far-right activists
• 6. The dark side of the field. Doing research on CasaPound in Italy7. Uncustomary sisterhood: Feminist research in Japanese conservative movements; 8. Militant far-right royalist groups on Facebook in Thailand. Methodological and ethical challenges of Internet-based research; Conclusions. Doing research on far-right movements; Index

ISBN

• 0-429-95905-2
• 0-429-49182-4
• 0-429-95906-0

OCLC

1055569990

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