Book Review: Daniel Koehler, Right-Wing Terrorism in the 21st Century: The ‘National Socialist Underground’ and the History of Terror from the Far-Right in Germany
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929917719407 |
| Date | 01 November 2017 |
| Author | Scott N Romaniuk |
| Published date | 01 November 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Book ReviewsEurope |
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the Putin regime respond to the perceived
of right-wing terrorism. The dearth of data col-
threat or danger of civil protest?
lection, analysis and dissemination has culti-
Experts from the United Kingdom, the United
vated an area where academics lack the
States and Russia explore these questions in great
necessary knowledge for moving forward with
detail. Together they offer a praiseworthy interdis-
research studies and their design. This truth is
ciplinary approach to the subject, providing anal-
particularly unsettling given the rise of right-
ysis from historical, political, legal, economic,
wing – or so-called radical right – (violent)
sociological and anthropological points of depar-
activity across much of Europe over the past
ture. The contributors cast their mixed-methods
few years, most notably in the context of
analysis against the much broader backdrop of the
heightened irregular migration and poignant
global financial crisis and wider political events in
questions about migrant quotas and settlement.
the world.
In Right-Wing Terrorism in the 21st Century,
This volume maps the conditions of the
eminent scholar Daniel Koehler takes up this
2011–2013 political protests in Russia, giving
neglected area with the aim of addressing a lack
readers an account of the relationship between
of in-depth comparative accounts of right-wing
the Russian government and various strands of
terrorism. His book focuses on the importance of
opposition on multiple levels within Russia
connecting quantitative and qualitative research
today. Despite its temporal scope, the volume’s
about this topic, the need to understand individ-
10 chapters establish the requisite historical
ual versus collective right-wing terrorist activi-
backdrops to the conditions that made possible
ties and what is known and not known about
the rise of protests for roughly 2 years before
individual and collective radicalisation in terms
they...
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