15:00 - 16:40
PS9
Room:
Room: South Hall 2B
Panel Session 9
Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg - The Wolf of Main Street: How Environmental Change Polarizes the Electorate
Michele Griessmair - The Usual Scapegoats—Blame, Anger, and the Rise of (Right-Wing) Populism
Sophia Hunger - Breeding Grounds for Radicalization: How Past Far-Right Mobilization Shapes Radicalization in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Breeding Grounds for Radicalization: How Past Far-Right Mobilization Shapes Radicalization in the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Presented by: Sophia Hunger
Sophia Hunger 1, Eylem Kanol 1, Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti 1, Swen Hutter 1, 2
1 WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2 Free University of Berlin
How do the German anti-containment protests in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic resonate with previous radical right mobilization? Scholarship on these protests has mostly focused on individual level determinants or on more macro-level characteristics, such as infection numbers or anti-containment policies. We situate our study on the meso-level and study whether individuals were more willing to protest where the radical right has mobilized in recent years. Using cross-sectional survey data and protest event data, we study how these structural dispositions interact and further mobilize individuals who express support for the Querdenker-movement. Exploiting the temporal dimension, we can moreover assess how these associations change over time with the further radicalization of the protests. Our findings provide insights into a recent radical protest wave in Germany and contribute to our understanding of how structural and individual factors interact in an individuals’ mobilization process.