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The Spatial Politics of Far-right Populism: VOX, Anti-fascism and Neighbourhood Solidarity in Madrid City.
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Critical Sociology (Sage Publications, Ltd.) . Sep2021, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p891-905. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This article explores the spatial politics of the Spanish far-right party VOX, deepening discussions around the spaces of xenophobic populism and anti-fascist politics. The paper foregrounds the need of moving beyond the nation-centred, institutional and descriptive approaches that characterise the literature on far-right politics, to focus on the quotidian grounds of far-right mobilisations. Through an analysis of VOX's politics of hate at the neighbourhood level, I explore the co-constitutive relationship between 'institutional politics' and the 'politics of the street'. Focusing in Hortaleza – a Madrilenian district targeted by VOX's mobilisation – I analyse the ways the party attempts to exploit situated inequalities linked to the urbanisation of border regimes and how neighbourhood movements are challenging VOX through constructing alternative anti-racist politics of belonging. The paper argues that the centrality of the neighbourhood as the lived space of political socialisation makes it a key scale of articulation of anti-fascist politics and grassroots solidarities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08969205
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Critical Sociology (Sage Publications, Ltd.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152254631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920520962562