Project description

This project examines the varied manifestations of the far right across political parties, social movements, and online platforms in contemporary democracies. It explores the ways far-right groups organise, mobilise, and spread their supremacist ideas. The project aims to generate insights into the challenges the far-right poses to democracy in Australia and abroad, including violent extremism, the undermining of democratic institutions and processes like elections, and the perpetuation (and normalisation) of racism and white supremacy.

Project outputs

1. McSwiney, J. (Forthcoming). Far-right political parties in Australia: Disorganisation and electoral failure. Routledge.

   
   

2. McSwiney, J., & Sengul, K. (2023). Humour, ridicule, and the far right: Mainstreaming exclusion through online animation. Television and New Media. E-pub ahead of print.

   
   

3. Jasser, G., McSwiney, J., Pertwee, E., & Zannettou, S. (2023). ‘Welcome to #GabFam’: Far-right virtual community on Gab. New Media & Society, 25(7), 1728–1745.

   
   

4. Maher, H., Gunaydin, E., & McSwiney, J. (2022). Western civilizationism and white supremacy: The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. Patterns of Prejudice, 55(4), 309-330.

   
   

5. McSwiney, J. (2022). Organising Australian Far-Right Parties: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party. Australian Journal of Political Science, 80(1), 37-52.

Public engagement (select list)

1. Why it’s so hard to stop neo-Nazi public hate parade. The Age. 2023, November 12.

2. Jenna Price: How do we stop misinformation spreading online? The Canberra Times. 2022, December 16.

3. Far-right groups targeting young people, inquiry finds. The Age. 2022, August 30.

4. Right-wing parties line up for make-or-break Victorian state election. The New Daily. 2022, 22 June.

5. Dr Jordan McSwiney on One Nation & Western Civilisation. Yeah Nah Pasaran! 2022, 9 June.