This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, and/or anti-democratic aspects of national and international politics. Scholars should not ignore these "dark sides" of politics, however unpleasant they may be, since they influence the world in a multitude of harmful ways.
The first volume in this two-volume collection focuses on the history of underground neo-fascist networks in the post-World War II era; neo-fascist paramilitary and terrorist groups operating in Europe and Latin...
This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, a...
Counterterrorism in Turkey comprehensively analyses Turkey's counterterrorism policies in the context of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), an ethnicity-based guerrilla insurgency group employing terrorism.
Counterterrorism in Turkey comprehensively analyses Turkey's counterterrorism policies in the context of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), an ethnic...
This text is about the electoral rise of extreme and radical right-wing parties in Britain and Europe, though mainly the British National Party (BNP) and UK Independence Party (UKIP).
This text is about the electoral rise of extreme and radical right-wing parties in Britain and Europe, though mainly the British National Party (BNP) ...
One of the most significant events in European politics the past two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties, mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic societies. Such parties have established themselves in a large number of countries, often with voter shares exceeding ten and sometimes even twenty percent. Many of these parties exert a real influence on the policy within respective country. The emergence of the recent wave of radical right-wing party politics has generated a large and growing literature, spanning a variety of dimensions-such as ideology, voting, and...
One of the most significant events in European politics the past two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties, mobilizing against immigr...
This book addresses the adaptation of nationalism to the sharing of sovereignty with other nations in supranational arrangements beyond the state or with nations and nationalities within the state.
It compares two cases, Poland and Spain, where the outcome of this processes of transformation differed: whereas in Spain a unified right wing partially reconciled Spain with the Catalonian, Basque and Galician nationalisms, in Poland the right wing was structured around two opposed conceptions of Polish nationalism and their relation to other nations. The book relates the transformation of...
This book addresses the adaptation of nationalism to the sharing of sovereignty with other nations in supranational arrangements beyond the state o...
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 socialisation and mobilisation.
Beginning with an analysis of the complex relationship between fascism and the post-war extreme right, the book discusses both contemporary parties an...
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the roots of its support remain poorly understood. Where has this political revolt come from? Who is supporting them, and why? How are UKIP attempting to win over voters? And how far can their insurgency against the main parties go? Drawing on a wealth of new data - from surveys of UKIP voters to extensive interviews with party insiders - in this book...
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic...
Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book traces the political impact of the British National Party in the UK, the Front National in France and the Lega Nord in Italy by exploring their contagion effects on immigration politics and policy in particular over the patterns of inter-party competition, public behaviour and policy developments.
This book suggests that extreme right party impact on immigration politics and policy is an outcome of the extreme right parties electoral threats to established parties alongside the agency of mainstream...
Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book traces the political impact of the British National Party in...
This book highlights recent developments in the radical right providing comparative analysis of current extremist activity in Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. It reveals the growing amount of connections and continuities of rightwing movements and ideologies across national borders. Subjects covered include:
Who joins radical right parties and why?
Recent developments in parties in Eastern & Western Europe
The transatlantic cross-fertilisation of ideological perspectives
How the US extreme-right has changed since the emergence of the Tea...
This book highlights recent developments in the radical right providing comparative analysis of current extremist activity in Eastern and Western E...
This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries.
This book explores the idea that revolutionaries do not necessarily need to come from the left, nor use arms in order to overturn liberal democracy. In the post-World War Two era, the extremists of the revolutionary right took three different paths: 1) parliamentary, 2) extra-parliamentary, and 3) metapolitical. The New Right ("nouvelle droite " ND in France) took the metapolitical path, but that did...
This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and...
