Confronting the International Political Sociology of the New Right

Abrahamsen, Rita; Drolet, Jean-François; Gheciu, Alexandra; Narita, Karin; Vučetić, Srdjan; Williams, Michael C.

doi:10.1093/ips/olaa001

Cited by 41 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 30 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…There were a number of examples of this when talking about Sebastian Gorka or Steve Bannon and Breitbart’s connection to both the Alt-Right and Trump, where the term Alt-Right was not explained at all, yet the story was connected to mainstream presidential politics without differentiating it from more typical conservative views (Deng, 2017; Edelman, 2017). When much of conservative media engaged in rhetoric designed to separate the population and create fear, the Alt-Right might have more easily slipped into press coverage (Abrahamsen et al, 2020; Hartzell, 2018; Tanner & Campana, 2019). The first part of the assumption was based on past framing studies in which groups that succeeded in achieving rhetorical goals often did so through consistency in framing, which determines how influential a group is in advancing its frame through the media (Wagner & Gruszczynski, 2016).…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups

Speakman

2021

Journal of Creative Communications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Alt-Right increased its national profile during the 2016 presidential election based on its support of Donald Trump. This research becomes more salient with the media continuing to face similar challenges in framing far-right groups. The Alt-Right, like other Far Right groups worldwide, has moderated their framing to hide racist ideology. Therefore, the challenge of this article is to learn if the media allow newer far-right conservative groups to self-frame even against the advice from the Associated Press. This study uses qualitative framing analysis through grounded theory to review the coverage of the Alt-Right as a manner of examining if the group was successful in advancing its desired frames into mainstream media coverage. The results of this study suggest overall the Alt-Right was successful in reducing a direct discussion about the racist beliefs of the group within press coverage. This study continues in the tradition of framing studies of the past yet moves the genre forward as journalists negotiate increasing polarised and fragmented political communication.

show abstract

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups

Speakman

2021

Journal of Creative Communications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…6). Also see Chacko and Jayasuriya (2017) and Abrahamsen et al (2020). 20 Even PRC and US officials sometimes find themselves in the "same" ideological coalition.…”

Section: Research Design and Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

China and its Region: An Assessment of Hegemonic Prospects

Vucetic¹

2021

Preprint

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Will China’s rise lead to Chinese hegemony? Most International Relations scholars would answer in the negative, contending the road to a global hegemony remains well beyond Beijing’s capabilities. In Asia, however, China’s formidable economy, technological advancement, rapidly modernizing military forces, and geopolitical moves look outright hegemonic – a fact that United States attempts to “pivot” and “rebalance” to that region have put into sharp relief. To assess the prospects of a new regional hegemony, this paper considers the “economic,” “security” and “cultural” relations of eleven Asian states with both Beijing and Washington. The overall results induce skepticism about China’s ability to reorder its region. Although significant and growing, China’s network of “strategic partners” is minor compared to that centered on the United States. Sightings of an Asian Pax Sinica are at best premature.

show abstract

“…15 Beyond a nationalism with a narrow domestic focus, these forces seek to fundamentally re-imagine the international political order in alignment with their reactionary nationalist values. 16 This article situates the rise of radical conservatism in Japan as part and parcel of this wider trend.…”

Section: Palabras Clavementioning

confidence: 99%

Travelling Theory and its Consequences: José Ortega y Gasset and Radical Conservatism in Post-Cold War Japan

Narita

2021

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The last decade of the Cold War and the early years of the post-Cold War international order saw the emergence of a radical conservatism in Japan which has since taken root as a key ideological force in the country’s conservative political culture. This article traces the neglected but important influence of José Ortega y Grasset’s theory of the masses on this contemporary movement. However, in this journey across time, space, and culture, the theory of mass society has mutated. The article examines the ways in which Japanese radical conservative thinkers Susumu Nishibe and Keishi Saeki interpreted and applied Ortega’s work to critique the development of Japan’s contemporary political landscape. Radical conservatives transformed Ortega’s theory of the modern masses and his argument for elite liberalism into a critique of the liberal international order which favours reactionary nationalism. To understand this shift, the article examines the conceptualisations of modernisation and national identity as a necessary background to such theoretical and political appropriation.

show abstract

Confronting the International Political Sociology of the New Right

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups

A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups

China and its Region: An Assessment of Hegemonic Prospects

Travelling Theory and its Consequences: José Ortega y Gasset and Radical Conservatism in Post-Cold War Japan

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About