Shaved heads and sonnenrads: comparing white supremacist skinheads and the alt-right in New Zealand

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Journal Article
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Publisher
Informa UK Limited
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Language
English
Date
2020
Authors
Gilbert, Jarrod
Elley, Benjamin
Abstract

This article looks at two periods in the history of white supremacy in New Zealand: the short-lived explosion of skinhead groups in the 1990s, and the contemporary rise of the internet-driven alt-right. It looks at the similarities and differences between the two groups, looking at style, symbols, ideology, and behaviour. It looks at the history of these two movements in New Zealand and compares the economic and social factors that contributed to their rise, in particular how the different social class of members produced groups with near-identical ideology but radically different presentation and modes of action.

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Gilbert J, Elley B Shaved heads and sonnenrads: comparing white supremacist skinheads and the alt-right in New Zealand. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 1-15.
Keywords
gangs, white supremacy, skinheads, alt-right, New Zealand
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ANZSRC fields of research
Field of Research::16 - Studies in Human Society::1608 - Sociology::160803 - Race and Ethnic Relations
Fields of Research::44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology::441016 - Urban sociology and community studies
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