Anti-Government Extremism in Australia: understanding the Australian Anti-Lockdown Freedom Movement as a Complex Anti-Government Social Movement

This article aims to explore the emergence and consolidation of various actors and sympathisers into the Australian ‘anti-lockdown’ freedom movement, a diverse, hybrid anti-government movement that emerged during the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a qualitative longitudinal...

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Authors: Khalil, Lydia (Author) ; Roose, Joshua M. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Perspectives on terrorism
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 144-169
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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