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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971136903321

Titolo

Right-wing extremism in the twenty-first century / / editors, Peter H. Merkl, Leonard Weinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or., : Frank Cass, 2003

ISBN

1-135-76420-4

0-7146-5182-6

1-135-76421-2

1-280-10382-5

0-203-49791-0

Edizione

[2nd rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 311 p

Collana

Cass series on political violence

Altri autori (Persone)

MerklPeter H

WeinbergLeonard <1939->

Disciplina

320.53/09/05

Soggetti

Right-wing extremists

Radicalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The revival of right-wing extremism in the nineties.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- part Part 1 The Extreme Right in the Ascendancy -- chapter 1 Stronger than Ever -- chapter 12 Theories of the Extreme Right -- chapter 3 The Growing Threat of the Radical Right / Hans-Georg Betz -- part Part 2 Comparing Public Opinion Indicators -- chapter 4 Racism and the Political Right: European Perspectives -- chapter 5 Explaining National Variations in Support for Far Right Political Parties in Western Europe, 1990-2000 / Allen Wilcox -- chapter 6 The Development of the Extreme Right at the End of the Century / Piero Ignazi -- part Part 3 Changing National Contexts -- chapter 7 The Front National in Context: French and European Dimensions -- chapter 8 The FP: From Populist Protest to Incumbency / Kurt Richard Luther -- chapter 9 Right-Wing Extremism and Xenophobia in Germany: Escalation, Exaggeration, or What? / Ekkart Zimmermann -- chapter 10 Right-Wing Extremism in Russia: The Dynamics of the 1990s / Vera Tolz -- chapter 11 Patterns of Response to the Extreme Rigkt in Western Europe.

Sommario/riassunto

Revising the 1997 first edition, this study covers events that occurred



in Oldham and Bradford after the year 2000.