The Radical Right in Britain: Social Imperialism to the Bnp

ISBN-13: 9780333599242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 184 str.

Alan Sykes

Opis

In many and varied forms, the Radical Right has been a hyper-nationalist thorn in the side of Britain's liberal political system for over 100 years. During that time its policies have ranged from authoritarianism to anarchism, from de facto nationalization to the redistribution of property. This survey examines its troublesome history, and its critique of British society, from its origins in Edwardian fears of imperial disintegration and racial decay to the current resurgence of the newly modernized British National Party.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations Used in the Text.- Introduction: Some Pointers Towards a Definition.- Social Imperialism and Racial Regeneration.- Patriotic Labour and International Conspiracies.- Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism.- Alternative Economics and Peace-Loving Patriots.- The Union Movement and the National Front.- Warrior Saints and Men in Suits.- Conclusion: Past Failures and Future Prospects.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

ALAN SYKES was formerly Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Blurb

In its many and varied forms, the Radical Right has been a hyper-nationalist thorn in the side of Britain's liberal political system for over 100 years. Standing outside the liberal political system, it rejected liberal principles in their entirety in favour of values derived from racial nationalism, while its concept of 'Britain for the British' entailed social as well as national revolution, and the transformation of the individual. The policies of the Radical Right have ranged from the authoritarian fascism of Sir Oswald Mosley and the BUF and the later National Front, to the virtual anarchism of Distributism and Social Credit; from de facto nationalization to the redistribution of property.

In this approachable introductory guide, Alan Sykes examines the troublesome history of the Radical Right and its critique of British liberal politics. Sykes traces the development of Radical Right ideas from their origins in the Edwardian fears of imperial disintegration and racial decadence that gave rise to Social Imperialism, to the contemporary achievements of the modernized BNP.