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Rise of the far-right groups in Trumps' America

Khalid Manzoor Butt, Mominyar Khalid

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Abstract

In the wake of Donald Trump's assent to presidency, a congenial environment emerged for the rise of far-right groups in the United States of America. These far-right groups - dormant earlier - are not only resurfaced but they seem to be occupying central position in the political milieu of the United States of America. Elements of Islamophobia, xenophobia and nativism seem prevalent in Trump's presidency. Such an environment is sharpening the cracks in the land of immigrants. Hence, this research intends to find the causes of the rise of far-right hate groups in America; what are the implications of this rise for American society; to avert further segregation and division of American society, how multiculturalism can be used as a tool to reconcile with the force of far-right hate groups; and to find out the institutional response to the hate crimes committed by affiliates of different hate groups. The research also intends to comprehend how to deal with these hate groups. Hence, in order to study the phenomenon, Qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) has been employed to semi-structured interviews of a purposive convenient sample suggesting some policy guidelines and solution to the problem.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-120
Number of pages16
JournalThe Journal of Political Studies
Volume25
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Donald Trump's presidency
  • far-right
  • hate groups
  • Islamophobia
  • xenophobia
  • nativism
  • immigrants
  • multiculturalism
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • supremacists
  • Alt-right
  • Spoil system

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