Law and order do not always go together. Vigilantism as citizens attempt to enforce order outside the law is rising. Comprehensive studies about the phenomenon have been lacking. The 17 case studies and the conceptual and comparative discussion by the editors go a long way to fill the void. A must read in these times of rising populism and xenophobia.
Prof. em. Alex P. Schmid, Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives on Terrorism and former Officer-in-Charge of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC.
Theoretically astute, empirically sound, this volume is the authoritative source on the growing phenomena of vigilantism around the world. This study is essential reading for anyone who is interested in understanding the changing nature of coercion, and the shifting relations of social and political order in the 21st century.
James Sheptycki, York University, Canada.
Vigilantism poses a serious threat to democracy. It is therefore an important, yet understudied phenomenon in criminology. This edited volume raises important issues regarding the conditions under which different kinds of vigilantism emerge. Using case studies from different countries, this edited volume provides challenging new insights which are of importance to both academics and policy makers.
Prof. Lieven Pauwels, Ghent University, Belgium.
This book is richly researched and extremely timely. The spread of vigilantism in our increasingly fractured world should stimulate debate about the nature and significance of state power, whether private vigilante actors are in fact detached from their governments, and when right-wing vigilantism becomes a necessary component of state Fascist operations.
Prof. Martha K. Huggins, Tulane University (emerita), USA.
VIGILANTISM AGAINST MIGRANTS AND MINORITIES
This edited volume traces the rise of far right vigilante movements some who have been involved in serious violence against minorities, migrants and other vulnerable groups in society, whereas other vigilantes are intimidating but avoid using violence.
Written by an international team of contributors, the book features case studies from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America and Asia. Each chapter is written to a common research template examining the national social and political context, the purpose of the vigilante group, how it is organized and operates, its communications and social media strategy and its relationship to mainstream social actors and institutions, and to similar groups in other countries. The final comparative chapter explores some of the broader research issues such as under which conditions such vigilantism emerges, flourishes or fails, policing approaches, masculinity, the role of social media, responses from the state and civil society, and the evidence of transnational co-operation or inspiration.
This is a groundbreaking volume which will be of particular interest to scholars with an interest in the extreme right, social movements, political violence, policing and criminology.
Tore Bjrgo, Dr, is Director of the Center for Research on Extremism: The Far Right, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C-REX), professor at the University of Oslo, and adjunct professor at the Norwegian Police University College (PHS). His main fields of research have been political extremism and terrorism, racist and right-wing violence, disengagement from violent groups, delinquent youth gangs, crime prevention, and policing. He is associate editor of the journal Perspectives on Terrorism. He has (co)authored or (co)edited 16 books, including Racist and Right-Wing Violence in Scandinavia (1997), Root Causes of Terrorism (2005), Perspectives of Police Science in Europe (2007), Leaving Terrorism Behind: Individual and Collective Disengagement (2009), Strategies for Preventing Terrorism (2013), Preventing Crime: A Holistic Approach (2016), The Dynamics of a Terrorist Targeting Process: Breivik and the 22 July Attacks in Norway (2016), and a special issue on Terrorism from the Extreme Right (2018).
Miroslav Mare, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies Masaryk University (FSS MU). He is guarantor of the study program Security and Strategic Studies and researcher at the International Institute of Political Science of the FSS MU. He focuses on research of political violence and extremism and security policy, specifically in the Central European context. He is a member of the editorial board of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) in the EU. He is a co-author (with Astrid Btticher) of the book Extremismus Theorien Konzepte Formen (Oldenbourg Verlag, 2012) and co-author (with Jan Holzer and Martin Lary ) of the book Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putins Russia. Legacies, Forms and Threats (Routledge, 2019) and author or co-author of more than 200 scientific academic articles, chapters and books.
ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Series editors: Nigel Copsey,Teesside University, and Graham Macklin,Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo.
This new book series focuses upon fascist, far right and right-wing politics primarily within a historical context but also drawing on insights from other disciplinary perspectives. Its scope also includes radical-right populism, cultural manifestations of the far right and points of convergence and exchange with the mainstream and traditional right.
Titles include:
Aurel Kolnais War Against the West Reconsidered
Edited by Wolfgang Bialas
The Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America
Fighting Fraternities
Miguel Hernandez
The Lives and Afterlives of Enoch Powell
The Undying Political Animal
Edited by Olivier Esteves and Stphane Porion
Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of Fascism
The Corporatist Wave
Antnio Costa Pinto
The Far Right and the Environment
Politics, Discourse and Communication
Edited by Bernhard Forchtner
Vigilantism against Migrant and Minorities
Edited by Tore Bjrgo and Miroslav Mare
Trumping Democracy
From Ronald Reagan to Alt-Right
Edited by Chip Berlet
For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
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