Right wing violence in North America

Abstract

This article offers a typology of radical right wing movements which emphasizes their roles in what may be termed an oppositional community. The examination stresses both their interdependence through the application of Colin Campbell's theory of the cultic milieu and the movements’ isolation from the American cultural mainstream, a graphic picture of which is provided via Martin Marty's mapping theory. Secondarily, the article offers some suggestions for the further refinement of Ehud Sprinzak's theory of split delegitimization.