The extreme right in Europe and the USA. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Hainsworth.
• Authors: Hainsworth, Paul, 1950-
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction. The Cutting Edge: The Extreme Right in Post-War Western Europe and the USA; The Nature of the Extreme Right: Some Observations; Immigration: The Extreme Right's Issue Par Excellence; Nationalism, National-Populism; Anti-Communism, Anti-Marxism; A Suitable Case for Treatment?; Conclusion: The Extreme Right in Post-war Western Europe and the USA; References; 2. The Extreme Right in Post-War France: The Emergence and Success of the Front national. IntroductionThe Extreme Right in France; The Front National and Extreme Right Divisions in the 1970s; The Ascent of the Front National; The Front National Voter; Policies and Perspectives; Confronting the Front National; Conclusion; References; 3. A Future for Right Extremism in Germany?; The Development of Right Extremism; Right Extremism: the Contemporary Setting; The Republicans: the Party and its Voters; The Social Basis of Right Extremism; Right Extremism and Political Culture; Attitudes in Transition; Right Extremism in a Changing Society; Modernisierungsverlierer. The Social Detachment of the VolksparteienIssues and Events; Germans and Others: Recent Developments; Gastarbeiter; Asylum-Seekers; Germans or Foreigners?; 'The Extreme Right Co-Governs Already'; Outlook; Notes; References; 4. The Netherlands: Irritants on the Body Politic; Introduction; Post-war Demography and Immigration in The Netherlands; The Legacy of the Pre-War Extreme Right; The New Extremism: The Boerenpartij and Beyond; The era of the Boerenpartij; The era of the Nederlandse Volksunie; Into the 1980s: the Centrumpartij and the Centrumdemocraten. Conclusion: What does the Future hold for the Dutch Extreme Right?Notes; References; 5. Belgium: Flemish Legions on the March; The Infiltration of Institutions of State; Extreme-Right Groups in Flanders and Wallonia; The Vlaams Blok; Developments since the Founding of the VB; The Programme of the VB; Organization and Structure of the VB; The Extent and Nature of VB Support; The VB's Links with Extreme-Right Movements Abroad; The Linguistic Factor and the Character of the VB; Prospects and Reactions; The Stability of the Belgian Polity; Electoral Prospects of Right-Wing Extremism. Mainstream Political Responses to the Extreme RightNotes; References; 6. The Extreme Right in Italy: Ideological Orphans and Countermobilization; Social Transformation and Anti-System Ideologies; The Traditional Anti-Communist Right; The MSI; The Anti-Authoritarian Right; The 'Opposite Extremes'; The Italian New Right; The Future of the Italian Extreme Right; References; 7. Why has the Extreme Right failed in Britain?; Britain: a Peripheral Concern?; An Overview of the Post-1945 Extreme Right; The Problem of Extreme Right Support; Who Voted for and Joined the NF in the 1970s?
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.5/2/094; Conservatism -- Europe; Conservatism -- United States; Right and left (Political science); POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties; Conservatism; Right and left (Political science); Europe; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474290999
• Related ISBNs: 147429099X; 9781474290982; 1474290981
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed August 31, 2016.
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