Pegida : A Hybrid Form of a Populist Right Movement

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SCHMIDT Ina

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source German Politics and Society
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/gps/35/4/gps350405.xml
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2017.350405
Field Political sciences
Keywords Autonomous Nationalism; Ethnopluralism; Far Righ; Pegida; Populism; Social Movements
Description This article analyzes the Pegida movement from Germany, arguing that Pegida has to be seen as a special form of a populist right movement. Besides sharing the basic characteristics of such a movement, it also displays attributes from other forms of right-wing activism. The additional forms of right-wing activism identified as influential for Pegida were autonomous nationalism and ethnopluralism. These forms of activism contributed to the movement on different levels and their combination accounts for the special, hybrid form of Pegida. This analysis builds upon social movement theory and is based upon primary data collected in interviews with participants and from the official Facebook website of the movement.
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