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Ekstremizm polityczny w Nowej Zelandii
Political extremism in New Zealand

Author(s): Marcin Wałdoch
Subject(s): Civil Society, Security and defense, Political behavior, Politics and society, Comparative politics, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Great Replacement; racism; New Zealand; extreme left; extreme right; identitarianism; clash of the civilizations; state-phobia

Summary/Abstract: In this paper an author state a hypothesis that political extremism in New Zealand is a permanent phenomena that is present in New Zealand, which derives itself from globalization processes and evolves as the effect of idea’s diffusion. System theory is used as a theoretical perspective and a priori assumption that political extremism deepen state-phobia is made. Research methods such as lexical analysis and comparative analysis are used. During the research main extremist political trends are reveal, such as leftist, rightist, pro-ecological, islamic and postcolonial, and „lone-wolf” extremism. These phenomenon are highlighted in the perspective of potential security threats to the state. Ideological sources of extreme attitudes are revealed and shown in the most current political trends.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-57
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish