Right-wing Extremism in the Twenty-first Century (Political Violence)

Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0715651826 
Category
320 PoliticalScience  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2003 
Publisher
Frank Cass Publishers, United States 
Pages
311 
Subject
Right-wing extremists -- Europe; Radicalism -- Europe; 
Description
Revising the 1997 first edition, this study covers events that occurred in Oldham and Bradford after the year 2000. The rise of right-wing extremist groups is put under scrutiny in a number of states including Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia and France. - from Amzon 
Biblio Notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction Peter H. Merkl ............................................p. 1

Part 1 The Extreme Right in the Ascendancy
1. Stronger than Ever Peter H. Merkl......................................p. 23

2. Ten Theories of the Extreme Right Roger Eatwell .................p. 47

3. The Growing Threat of the Radical Right Hans-Georg Betz .....p. 74
Part 2 Comparing Public Opinion Indicators
4. Racism and the Political Right: European
Perspectives Charles Westin .....................................................p. 97

5. Explaining National Variations in Support for Far
Right Political Parties in Western Europe, 1990-2000
Allen Wilcox and Leonard Weinberg and William Eubank .....................p. 126

6. The Development of the Extreme Right at the
End of the Century Piero Ignazi .....................................................p. 143

Part 3 Changing National Contexts
7. The Front National in Context: French and European
Dimensions Michael Minkenberg and Martin Schain ......................p. 161

8.The FPO: From Populist Protest to Incumbency Kurt Richard Luther .p. 191

9. Right-Wing Extremism and Xenophobia in
Germany: Escalation, Exaggeration, or What? Ekkart Zimmermann ....p. 220

10. Right-Wing Extremism in Russia: The Dynamics
of the 1990s Vera Tolz .............................................................p. 251

11. Patterns of Response to the Extreme Right in
Western Europe Jaap van Donselaar ..............................................p. 272

Conclusion Leonard Weinberg ..............................................p. 293

Index .............................................................................p. 303












 
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