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Sibley, A 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4498-7607,
2023.
Behind the British New Far-Right’s veil: do individuals adopt strategic liberalism to appear more moderate or are they semi-liberal?
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
ISSN 1369-1481
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Abstract
The New Far-Right is often equated with fascism within mainstream political discourse. Although there are fascistic elements of the far-right generally, the New Far-Right is typified by its adoption of liberal values and support of democracy. Some argue that this adoption of liberal values is a strategy to distance themselves from fascism, while others argue that their pro-liberal position is semi-liberal. This article aims to understand whether individuals within the British New Far-Right are strategically liberal or semi-liberal. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with three British New Far-Right groups. Using reflexive thematic analysis, three grievance-based themes were developed: Islam, COVID-19, and liberal values. While some narratives were nationalistic using liberal values to oppose Islam, others discussed liberal rights topics that were not related to nationalism. Supporting previous research, previously left-wing individuals were more likely to hold semi-liberal arguments, whereas previously right-wing individuals were more likely to be strategically liberal.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations |
| Creators: | Sibley, A. |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Date: | 13 January 2023 |
| ISSN: | 1369-1481 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1177/13691481221148330 DOI 1640096 Other |
| Rights: | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Laura Ward |
| Date Added: | 31 Jan 2023 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2023 11:45 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48123 |
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