Santamarina, A. (2021) The spatial politics of far-right populism: VOX, antifascism and neighbourhood solidarity in Madrid city. Critical Sociology, 47(6), pp. 891-905. (doi: 10.1177/0896920520962562)
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Abstract
This article explores the spatial politics of the Spanish far-right party VOX, deepening discussions around the spaces of xenophobic populism and anti-fascist politics. The paper foregrounds the need of moving beyond the nation-centred, institutional and descriptive approaches that characterise the literature on far-right politics, to focus on the quotidian grounds of far-right mobilisations. Through an analysis of VOX’s politics of hate at the neighbourhood level, I explore the co-constitutive relationship between ‘institutional politics’ and the ‘politics of the street’. Focusing in Hortaleza – a Madrilenian district targeted by VOX’s mobilisation – I analyse the ways the party attempts to exploit situated inequalities linked to the urbanisation of border regimes and how neighbourhood movements are challenging VOX through constructing alternative anti-racist politics of belonging. The paper argues that the centrality of the neighbourhood as the lived space of political socialisation makes it a key scale of articulation of anti-fascist politics and grassroots solidarities.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Santamarina Guerrero, Ms Ana |
Authors: | Santamarina, A. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
Journal Name: | Critical Sociology |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
ISSN: | 0896-9205 |
ISSN (Online): | 1569-1632 |
Published Online: | 02 October 2020 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Author |
First Published: | First published in Critical Sociology 47(6): 891-905 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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