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Pam Nilan: Young People and the Far Right

Pam Nilan: Young People and the Far Right Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2022) 5:269–273 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-022-00072-w BOOK RE VIE W Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 145 pages Debra Smith Received: 19 February 2022 / Revised: 19 February 2022 / Accepted: 21 February 2022 / Published online: 10 March 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 Young People and the Far Right forms part of the Alternatives and Futures: Cul- tures, Practices, Activism and Utopias series at Palgrave Macmillan. ‘Activism and utopias’ might evoke a slightly more positive vibe than what a book on the far right is likely to deliver, but Nilan’s reframing of far-right political movements as a par- ticular subculture that serves to create boundaries of identity and belonging enables it to fit comfortably into the series, albeit with a focus on an alternative future that is far from utopian for most. Yet the far right is offering an alternative future based on their vision of a utopian ethnostate. Understanding how far-right movements are managing to promulgate this exclusivist version of utopia is the central theme of this timely and accessible book. Nilan encourages the reader to move beyond individual- ist explanations of far-right youth radicalisation. Instead, she contextualises youth http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Youth Studies Springer Journals

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Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
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Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2022) 5:269–273 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-022-00072-w BOOK RE VIE W Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 145 pages Debra Smith Received: 19 February 2022 / Revised: 19 February 2022 / Accepted: 21 February 2022 / Published online: 10 March 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 Young People and the Far Right forms part of the Alternatives and Futures: Cul- tures, Practices, Activism and Utopias series at Palgrave Macmillan. ‘Activism and utopias’ might evoke a slightly more positive vibe than what a book on the far right is likely to deliver, but Nilan’s reframing of far-right political movements as a par- ticular subculture that serves to create boundaries of identity and belonging enables it to fit comfortably into the series, albeit with a focus on an alternative future that is far from utopian for most. Yet the far right is offering an alternative future based on their vision of a utopian ethnostate. Understanding how far-right movements are managing to promulgate this exclusivist version of utopia is the central theme of this timely and accessible book. Nilan encourages the reader to move beyond individual- ist explanations of far-right youth radicalisation. Instead, she contextualises youth

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Published: Sep 1, 2022

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