Selective tolerance and the radical right

Colin Jennings and Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow

Rationality and Society, 2020, vol. 32, issue 2, 144-167

Abstract: In recent decades, there has been increased tolerance within many countries towards a range of previous out-groups. This has been displayed most dramatically in the growing acceptance of the LGBT community. Some radical right organisations are also expressing tolerance towards the very same out-groups which they once reviled. We postulate that the radical right strategically uses tolerance to increase its own support and to impose costs on another out-group – Muslims – who are judged to be hostile to the tolerated groups. We provide a theoretical analysis and contrasting case studies that help explain the conditions under which radical right organisations will, or will not, display tolerance towards out-groups.

Keywords: Islamophobia; radical right; tolerance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1043463120920416

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