ABSTRACT

This chapter analyzes the characteristics and trends of extreme right activities, at least those emerged from the analysis of newspapers, in the selected democracies. Several studies have shown that contextual dimensions alone are not sufficient to give a full account of the development and forms of right-wing mobilization, which are, instead, also tied to internal organizational factors. An interesting feature of right-wing extremism today concerns the scope of its mobilization, that is, the territorial dimension of extreme right events, actors and targets. Collective actors, however, can rely on a wide array of tactics, aimed at expressing their claims and influencing decision-makers or public opinion. NPD and neo-Nazi groups produce videos that look like TV news shows. While the NPD uses videos for election campaigns, other groups, such as the neo-Nazi project Volksfront-Medien, produce and present videos on their website to influence young people.