1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911139569403321

Titolo

Extreme right activists in Europe : through the magnifying glass / / edited by Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-24545-9

1-280-24782-7

9786610247820

0-203-00439-6

9780203004395

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Extremism and Democracy

Altri autori (Persone)

KlandermansBert

MayerNonna

Disciplina

320.533094

Soggetti

Radicalism - Europe

Right-wing extremists - Europe

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editors' preface; Preface; PART I The environment; 1 Right-wing extremism as a social movement; 2 Links with the past; 3 Context, alliances and conflict; 4 Political demand and supply; 5 Writing life-histories; PART II The interviewees; 6 Italy; 7 France; 8 Extreme right-wing activism in the Flemish part of Belgium; 9 'Doing it for Germany'; 10 The Netherlands; 11 One root, different branches; 12 Identity in German right-wing extremism; 13 Do right- and left-wing extremists have anything in common?

14 Through the magnifying glassAppendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their membership has largely been ignored. This book examines who joins the extreme right and why?Drawing upon extensive research and featuring contributions from distinguished social psychologists and political scientists, this book provides the most



detailed comparative study yet published of the psychology of right-wing extremist activists. Countries discussed include G

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911141083803321

Titolo

Contemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context / / edited by Franklin W. Knight and Teresita Martinez-Vergne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2005

ISBN

9798890878977

9780807876909

0807876909

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightFranklin W

Martínez VergneTeresita

Disciplina

972.905/3

Soggetti

Globalization

Antilles, Greater Civilization 21st century

Caribbean Area

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 (p. [263]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Teresita Martinez-Vergne and Franklin W. Knight -- Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization / Helen McBain -- Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy / Alex Dupuy -- Creolization in Havana: the oldest form of globalization / Antonio Benitez-Rojo -- Showing face: Boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico / Frances Negron-Muntaner -- Creolite in the hood: diaspora as source and challenge / Juan Flores -- Glocal spirituality: consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion / Raquel Romberg -- Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic: real and imagined female figures / Valentina Peguero -- Race and politics in Cuba / Aline Helg -- Jamaican reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse / Jorge L. Giovannetti -- Rum, revolution, and globalization: past, present, and future of a Caribbean product / Anthony P. Maingot.



Sommario/riassunto

Provides a measure of, as well as a model for, scholarship on globalization in the Caribbean. Highlighting social and cultural aspects of the region, these essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms - from sports and religion to music and drink, from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty.