To achieve these goals, I collected data on several thousand episodes in Europe over the period 2008 to 2021, using tools like protest event analysis and social network analysis to map far-right groups’ tactics, claims, and networks.
Specifically, there are two main datasets that have been collected as part of this project:
[1] The first dataset consists of protest event data extrapolated from (a) national quality newspaper archives and (b) far-right actors’ official websites. This data pertains to the mobilization of selected far-right collective actors (the most active far-right movement parties in the country), and covers 11 years (2008-2018) and 11 European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). The dataset allows us to quantify the extent and characteristics of protest mobilization by selected far-right collective actors comparatively across Europe.
[2] The second dataset expands the scope geographically and longitudinally, while also covering all protest events taking place rather than focusing on selected actors. It consists of protest event data extrapolated from national quality newspaper archives, over the period 2008-2021 in 12 European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden). The dataset allows us to explore the initiators and nature of these protests and map the main issues addressed in far-right street campaigns in Europe.