The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA

by Hainsworth, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781474290982
• ISBN10: 1474290981
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-10-06
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The rise of extreme right parties and neo-fascist movements in recent years as a response to economic crisis has become a major concern for most European countries. The phenomenon is likely to increase, as more disillusioned and discontented sectors of the population become drawn towards intense nationalism and the scapegoating of 'foreigners'.
Paul Hainsworth has assembled a team of experts in the field to present a comparative, empirical assessment of the historical evolution, nature and extent of the extreme right in Europe and the United States from the 1940s to the early 1990s. This volume evaluates the nature and influence of the extreme right in the post-war context.

Author Biography

Paul Hainsworth is former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction. The Cutting Edge: The Extreme Right in Post-War Western Europe and the USA Paul Hainsworth
2. The Extreme Right in Post-War France: The Emergence and Success of the Front National Paul Hainsworth
3. A Future for Right Extremism in Germany? Eva Kolinsky
4. The Netherlands: Irritants on the Body Politic Christopher T. Husbands
5. Belgium: Flemish Legions on the March Christopher T. Husbands
6. The Extreme Right in Italy: Ideological Orphans and Countermobilization Francesco Sidoti
7. Why has the Extreme Right Failed in Britain Roger Eatwell
8. Denmark: The Progress Party – Populist Neo-Liberalism and Welfare State Chauvinism Jørgen Goul Andersen
9. The Extreme Right in Spain: Blas Piñar and the Spirit of the Nationalist Uprising John Gilmour
10. Portugal: The Marginalization of the Extreme Right Tom Gallagher
11. Greece: The Virtual Absence of an Extreme Right Panayote Elias Dimitras
12. After Stalinism: The Extreme Right in Russia, East Germany and Eastern Europe Michael Cox
13. Beyond the Fringe: The Extreme Right in the United States of America Michael Cox
Index