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Shaved heads and sonnenrads: comparing white supremacist skinheads and the alt-right in New Zealand

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Shaved heads and sonnenrads: comparing white supremacist skinheads and the alt-right in New Zealand
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This article looks at two periods in the history of white supremacy in New Zealand: the short-lived explosion of skinhead groups in the 1990s, and the contemporary rise of the internet-driven alt-right. It looks at the similarities and differences between the two groups, looking at style, symbols, ideology, and behaviour. It looks at the history of these two movements in New Zealand and compares the economic and social factors that contributed to their rise, in particular how the different so...

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Research paper
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Journal article
Date created
2020
Creator
Gilbert, Jarrod / Elley, Benjamin
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10092/100058
Related subjects
gangs / white supremacy / skinheads / alt-right / New Zealand / Studies in Human Society / Sociology / Race and Ethnic Relations / Human society / Urban sociology and community studies

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