Rise of the Far-right Groups in Trump’s America

Authors

  • Prof. Dr. Khalid Manzoor Butt Chairperson, Department of Political Science and Director, Centre of Excellence China Studies, GC University Lahore and student of BA (Hons) at the Department of Political Science, GC University Lahore. Author
  • Mominyar Khalid Chairperson, Department of Political Science and Director, Centre of Excellence China Studies, GC University Lahore and student of BA (Hons) at the Department of Political Science, GC University Lahore. Author

Keywords:

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

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 farright 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.

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Published

2018-12-31

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How to Cite

Rise of the Far-right Groups in Trump’s America. (2018). Journal of Political Studies, 25(02), 105-120. https://jps.pu.edu.pk/6/article/view/432

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