Far-Right Political Parties in Australia - Disorganisation and Electoral Failure

This book examines how Australian far-right parties organise and operate to better understand their limited electoral success.

List of contents

1 The electoral failure of far-right parties in Australia 2 From organisation to disorganisation: A framework for analysis 3 The party on paper: The official story of party governance 4 The party online: How far-right parties organise and mobilise on social media 5 The party in practice: Organisation and campaigns in action 6 Australian far-right parties as disorganised parties 7 Disorganised parties and the future of the Australian far right Appendix: Digital data and methods

About the author

Jordan McSwiney is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. His research focuses on the far right, with an interest in their ideology, organising practices, and use of the internet. His work has been published in journals such as the Australian Journal of Political Science, Information, Communication, & Society, and New Media & Society.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan McSwiney
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032537153
• ISBN: 978-1-032-53715-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen, Raster, farbig, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Political parties and party platforms