Political opportunities and mobilisation on the far-right in Ukraine

The Ukrainian far right has attracted massive media interest, from Russian media condemning Ukraine's alleged Nazi takeover to international media warning of it becoming a transnational far-right hotspot. Countering these misconceptions, this article empirically studies the Ukrainian far-right...

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Published in:East European politics 2024-04, Vol.40 (2), p.277-298
Main Author: Gelashvili, Tamta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Far right
Mass media
Misconceptions
mobilisation
opportunities
protest
protest event analysis
Right wing politics
Social movement theory
Social movements
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Summary:The Ukrainian far right has attracted massive media interest, from Russian media condemning Ukraine's alleged Nazi takeover to international media warning of it becoming a transnational far-right hotspot. Countering these misconceptions, this article empirically studies the Ukrainian far-right movement to explain its mobilisation dynamics 2004-2020. Why did mobilisation peak in 2010-2014, and decline after? I argue that a combination of political and discursive opportunities offers an answer. However, these opportunities played out differently in Ukraine - a hybrid regime at war - than conventional social movement theory suggests. The Ukrainian case thus furthers our understanding of far-right movements beyond consolidated democracies.
ISSN:2159-9165
2159-9173
DOI:10.1080/21599165.2023.2268000