The Politics of the Extreme Right From the Margins to the Mainstream

Fascist, authoritarian, anti-Semitic and extremist movements made a powerful and devastating contribution to the 20th century. While the experiences of the 1930s and 1940s served to delegitimise such forces, contemporary Europe and the USA have witnessed the resurgence of extreme right-wing politics. Rapid socio-economic change, the appeal of nationalism, the failures of mainstream political parties and intense campaigning around issues such as immigration, security and unemployment have all fuelled the phenomenon.

This book, a sequel to The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA, provides a comprehensive and analysis of the nature and prevalence of extreme right movements in Europe – both West and East – and in the USA at the turn of the millennium. The authors reveal the uneven process of extreme right-wing revival, which has varied from country to country depending on specific political cultures and circumstances, with some movements confined to the margins while others have moved towards the political mainstream. They examine the ideas, policies, personalities, organizations, voters and reasons for the success of extreme right-wing movements in a range of countries, as well as providing a more general examination of the nature and politics of the extreme right.

1. Introduction: The Extreme Right Paul Hainsworth
2. The Front National: From Ascendancy to Fragmentation on the French Extreme Right Paul Hainsworth
3. Jörg Haider and the New FPÖ: Beyond the Democratic Pale? Duncan Morrow
4. Exit from the Ghetto: The Italian Far Right in the 1990s Tom Gallagher
5. Right-Wing Extremism in Unified Germany Susann Backer
6. Belgium: Explaining the Relationship between Vlaams Blok and the City of Antwerp Marc Swyngedouw
7. The Netherlands: Explaining the Limited Success of the Extreme Right Cas Mudde and Joop Van Holsteyn
8. The Extreme Right and British Exceptionalism: The Primacy of Politics Roger Eatwell
9. Radical Right-Wing Populism in Scandinavia: From Tax Revolt to Neo-Liberalism and Xenophobia Jørgen Goul Andersen and Tor Bjørklund
10. After the Fall: Nationalist Extremism in Post-Communist Russia Michael Cox and Peter Shearman
11. Marginalization or Mainstream? The Extreme Right in Post-Communist Romania Michael Shafir
12. Serbia: Extremism from the Top and a Blurring of Right into Left Stan Markotich
13. The Politics of Anger: The Extreme Right in the United States Michael Cox and Martin Durham
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