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Guardians of Democracy? CSO Response to Right-Wing Extremism, Erik Lundberg, 16 August 2022

In this seminar, Erik talks about the role civil society organizations (CSOs) play in counteracting right-wing extremism. Drawing on central strands in the defending democracy literature, he introduces a typology to classify the responses of CSOs to right-wing extremism. Using this typology as a point of departure, he presents findings from two case studies exploring how local CSOs in the Swedish town of Ludvika responded to the foremost neo-Nazi movement in the Nordic countries, namely the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM). His findings indicate that CSOs serve as bulwarks against right-wing extremism at least during politically charged situations and that CSOs respond differently to right-wing extremism. Humanitarian and social service organizations appear slightly more inclined to engage in dialogue and protest compared with sports and recreation organizations and culture organizations. Erik raises the question whether bridging organizations may be more willing to respond to right-wing extremism and to use dialogue and deliberation compared to bonding organizations. The seminar is based on two articles: Lundberg, E. (2021). Guardians of democracy? On the response of civil society organisations to right‐wing extremism. Scandinavian Political Studies, 44(2), 170-194. Lundberg, E. (2022). Different Types, Different Reactions? How Civil Society Organizations Respond to Right-wing Extremism, forthcoming in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. About the speaker Erik Lundberg is Associate Professor in Political Science at Dalarna University in Sweden. His research includes the role of civil society in democracy, political participation, and interpersonal attitudes such as social trust and tolerance. Another research topic concerns the participation of interest groups in advisory commissions and public consultations. He is also head representative of Political Science at Dalarna University and researcher at Marie Cederschiöld University in Stockholm, Sweden.