Book review: Louise Brangan, The Politics of Punishment: A Comparative Study of Imprisonment and Political Culture

Abstract

ing hate speech, will find plenty in this book to support their agendas. Perhaps this is a cost of shining a light on hate-filled rhetoric that has increasingly found its way into mainstream politics. Overall, this very timely book offers readers a window into the modern extreme farright movement and can serve as a tool for making sense of how fringe beliefs and conspiracy theories have penetrated modern public discourse. To date, it is the authoritative work on how everyday online and offline spaces can be hijacked in plain sight by perverse and dangerous ideologies rooted in misinformation and fantastical conspiracy theories. This is a must read not only for new students of terrorism, violent extremism, and hate crime, but anyone seeking more information about where fringe far-right beliefs are colliding with mainstream society.