Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of challenges to the liberal democratic order have emerged, the main focus of concern among academics, policy-makers and practitioners within Europe and beyond has been on the growth and activities of Islamists and to a lesser extent the extreme right. However, these forms of extremism are seldom placed alongside each other, and in a manner that is sensitive to both the causes and consequences of extremist mobilization. This book presents new...
Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety ...
Fascism is one of the most destructive and influential political movements of the 20th century. Its imagery - of mad dictators and nihilistic violence - haunts our imaginations, and its historical legacy is momentous. At the same time, it is curiously elusive: how do we define fascism? What is the basis of its appeal? And why did it take root so successfully in Germany and Italy, and not in France or Britain.
Fascism is one of the most destructive and influential political movements of the 20th century. Its imagery - of mad dictators and nihilistic violence...