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Abstract
In most European countries, protective measures against COVID-19 have dramatically reduced activities in public space. While these measures have a wide-ranging and diverse impact, a particular effect on far-right social movements is noteworthy. Large public gatherings are widely prohibited because of the pandemic. This deprives the far right of one of its core ac- tivities: demonstrations. Far-right movements in Germany are particularly wedded to this tactic—to the extent that Fabian Virchow refers to the cen- tral importance of Demonstrationspolitik (demonstration politics) for the German far right. Considering the many uses and advantages of demon- strations, this emphasis is unsurprising.
Citation
@incollection{Zeller2020covid,
Address = {Stuttgart},
Author = {Michael C. Zeller},
Booktitle = {Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Radical Right},
Editor = {Tamir Bar-On and Bàrbara Molas},
Publisher = {ibidem-Verlag},
Title = {COVID-19 and the Pause of Far-Right Demonstrations in Germany},
Year = {2020}}