The Escalation And Inhibition Of Violence During Waves Of Far-Right Or Anti-Minority Protests (Briefing Paper)

Joel Busher; Gareth Harris; Julia Ebner; Zsófia Hacsek; Graham Macklin

The Escalation And Inhibition Of Violence During Waves Of Far-Right Or Anti-Minority Protests (Briefing Paper)

Joel Busher, Gareth Harris, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Graham Macklin

Research Centre for Peace and Security

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Abstract

Why do we see physical violence escalate beyond ‘normal’ levels during some waves of far right or anti-minority protest? What can policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders do to inhibit this?

Original language	English
Publisher	Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)
Commissioning body	Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats
Number of pages	4
Volume	website content
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2022

Keywords

extremism
violent actors
radicalisation
protective security

Themes

Social Movements and Contentious Politics
Security and Resilience

UN SDGs

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Input: Szenarien / Scenarios
Hacsek, Z. (Speaker)
20 Apr 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Chemnitz - von rechtsextremen Protesten zu Kulturhauptstadt?
Hacsek, Z. (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Preparing for and responding to far-right protests
Hacsek, Z. (Speaker)
5 Nov 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

1 Finished

'Hot periods' of anti-minority activism and the threat of violent domestic extremism: Towards an assessment framework
Busher, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/19 → 30/09/21
Project: Research

1 Article

The relational dynamics of violence escalation and inhibition during far-right protest waves
Busher, J., Ebner, J., Hacsek, Z., Harris, G. & Macklin, G., 28 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Behavioral Scientist. (In-Press), p. (In-Press) 18 p., 00027642251377875.
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Abstract

Keywords

Themes

UN SDGs

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Activities

Input: Szenarien / Scenarios

Chemnitz - von rechtsextremen Protesten zu Kulturhauptstadt?

Preparing for and responding to far-right protests

Projects

'Hot periods' of anti-minority activism and the threat of violent domestic extremism: Towards an assessment framework

Research output

The relational dynamics of violence escalation and inhibition during far-right protest waves

Cite this