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Over the past few years, attacks by far-right extremists have occurred throughout Europe. In London, David Copeland’s 1999 Compton Street bombing has remained the most notable. As the far right seems to be making political strides and increasing its mostly street-based terror in many European countries, little has been researched about contemporary British right-wing extremism, probably because of the widespread notion that the country is not an ideal breeding ground for this political ideology. Moreover, gender has only recently become a central issue in the observation and examination of far-right terror. Elementary information regarding women in far-right politics and movements is widely lacking. This article critically reviews research trends, extracts information about women’s involvement in far-right extremism and points to essential gaps in existing research.
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Dauber, A.S. (2017). The Increasing Visibility of Right-Wing Extremist Women in Contemporary Europe: Is Great Britain an Exception?. In: Köttig, M., Bitzan, R., Petö, A. (eds) Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43533-6_4
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