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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462958803321

Titolo

Varieties of right-wing extremism in Europe / / edited by Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin and Brian Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08046-7

1-136-16751-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy

Altri autori (Persone)

GodinEmmanuel

JenkinsBrian <1944->

MammoneAndrea

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Right-wing extremists - Europe

Radicalism - Europe

Fascism - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Fascism and post-war right-wing extremism; 1 The European extreme right in comparative perspective; 2 Two different realities: notes on populism and the extreme right; 3 The ideĢes-force of the European New Right: a new paradigm?; 4 Fascism to the Nouvelle Droite: the quest for pan-European empire; 5 Globalization, class crisis and the extreme right in France in the new century; PART II Mobilizing old and new passions; 6 The European extreme right and religious extremism

7 The French extreme right, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism (1945-2009)8 Right-wing extremism and the integration of the European Union: electoral strategy trumps political ideology; 9 Islam at issue: anti-Islamic mobilization of the extreme right in Austria; PART III Inside the box: getting involved; 10 The building of social representations of right-wing extremism; 11 Neo-fascists and Padans: the cultural and



sociological basis of youth involvement in Italian extreme-right organizations; 12 Creating a European (neo-Nazi) movement by joint political action?

PART IV Widening interests: music, Internet, sport13 The Italian extreme right and its use of the Internet: a 'bi-front' actor?; 14 'An intact environment is our foundation of life': the Junge Nationaldemokraten, the Ring Freiheitlicher Jugend and the cyber-construction of nationalist landscapes; 15 Inside the extreme right: the 'White Power' music scene; 16 The Ultras: the extreme right in contemporary Italian football; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning with an analysis of the complex relationship between fascism and the post-war extreme right, the book discusses both contemporary parties and the cultural and intellectual influences of the European New Right as well as patterns of socialization and mobilization. It then analyses the effects of a range of factors on the ideological development of right-wing extremism including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, religious extremism and the approach towards Europe (and the European Union).The final sections investigate a number of activist manifestations of the extreme right from youth pa