Sonsoles D. and Tena Sanz E. (coords.) (2023), The European Radical Right Today: Hate Speech and Islamophobia (La derecha radical europea en la actualidad : discurso de odio e islamofobia, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023

Country

Spain

Title

Sonsoles D. and Tena Sanz E. (coords.) (2023), The European Radical Right Today: Hate Speech and Islamophobia (La derecha radical europea en la actualidad : discurso de odio e islamofobia, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023

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Year

2023

Publication type

Research evidence/report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Academic/research institution

Institution

Spain, Basque Journal of Sociology and Political Science (Revista vasca de sociología y ciencia política), ISSN 0214-7912, Nº 75, 2023, págs. 67-71

Thematic focus

Racism & xenophobia

Groups

Muslims

Key findings

Chapter III focused on Spain. It analyses the extreme right represented by VOX political party in Spain. It aimed to provide a perspective, focusing not only on the causes of the emergence of extreme right political movements but also on how the political parties articulate their communication and political action. Migration and particularly that from countries where majority of population are Muslims, was the daily predilection of their attacks. Migrants were gathered and labelled as a threat to the survival of the "nación" as potential criminals, and as incapable of assimilating into contemporary European societies. It highlighted the growing polarization of public discourse, which has been significantly revitalized by the growth and increasing variety of social media networks.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

Research evidence / report

Sample details and representativeness

All messages provided by the VOX political party´s leader, between the April and November 2019 election campaigns on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. It also includes a review of the activity of the political party VOX within the National Parliament through the analysis of the legislative proposals made by the same party in order to determine whether or not these proposals align with the programmatic principles recognized in the party's official documents.

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