Hybridization or Salad Bar Ideology? Testing Ideological Convergence Within the American Violent Far Right
In September 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray described far-right extremist motivations as “a mishmash” or “salad bar” of ideologies. Academics and practitioners have further promoted such ideas using case studies of inter-organizational collaboration. The current study tests the “Salad Bar” and...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2025
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Crime & delinquency
Jahr: 2025, Band: 71, Heft: 3, Seiten: 830-859 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In September 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray described far-right extremist motivations as “a mishmash” or “salad bar” of ideologies. Academics and practitioners have further promoted such ideas using case studies of inter-organizational collaboration. The current study tests the “Salad Bar” and Hybridization hypotheses by analyzing the online discourse of far-right extremist groups to identify similarities and differences in their designation of “adversaries,” topics of political discourse, support for violence, membership characteristics, and psychological dimensions. After computer-assisted analysis of ideological discourse samples, our findings indicate that there may be an initial overlap between far-right groups, but it is too early to assume hybridization across the far-right. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-387X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00111287241271288 |