ABSTRACT
The introduction explains the book’s relevance in relation to social movement Europeanisation and outlines several research gaps regarding the Europeanisation of far-right and Eurosceptic extra-parliamentary actors. It argues that there is a need for further explorations of extra-parliamentary far-right contention, especially in a period where the far right has been rising across Europe, together with more general anti-EU sentiments. Furthermore, the chapter conceptualises the term ‘far-right’ and divides it into two main expression forms, the ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ right, placing emphasis on the radical right, especially in its cultural and ethnicity-based anti-Islam forms. This will lead to a brief introduction of the two selected cases, Generation Identity and Fortress Europe. Seeing the ‘refugee crisis’ as an opportune moment to explore far-right extra-parliamentary Europeanisation, the political events during this period will briefly be outlined, focusing on the European far-right mobilisation against the refugees and migrants. The final part of the introduction outlines the remaining book chapters.
