Contemporary British Fascism - The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy

Zusatztext 'Copsey's updated book on the BNP is essential reading for political scientists and extremism-watchers who want to gain deeper insight into the evolution of the extreme right in Britain. It also presents a meticulous case study in the way the irresistible forces of virulent racism and fascism that dominated crisis-stricken inter-war Europe are prepared to cynically domesticate and 'democratize' themselves to survive in a contemporary world of globalization! multiculturalism! and mindless consumerism in their pursuit of the chimera of national rebirth.' - Roger Griffin! Professor of Modern History! Oxford Brookes University! UK Informationen zum Autor NIGEL COPSEY is Reader in Modern History at the University of Teesside (UK). The author of Anti-Fascism in Britain, and co-editor of British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State, he has published widely on British right-wing extremism, fascism and anti-fascism. Klappentext No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism  offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Zusammenfassung No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism  offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Back to Front': John Tyndall and the Origins of the British National Party The Struggle for the Soul of British Nationalism A False Dawn in Tower Hamlets: The British National Party in the 1990s Fascism on the Fringe: The Ideology of Tyndall's British National Party New Millennium New Leader: Nick Griffin and the Modernization of the British National Party, 1999-2001 Out of Obscurity: The Rise of the British National Party, 2001-2003 Successes and Setbacks: The British National Party since 2004 The British National Party in Comparative Context...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: N Copsey, N. Copsey, Nigel Copsey, Copsey Nigel
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.08.2008
• EAN: 9780230574366
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57436-6
• Seiten: 271
• Serien: Reader in Modern History; Reader in Modern History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System; B, European History, European Politics, Political Science, Political Philosophy, International Relations, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Western Europe, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics, fascism;ideology;nationalism;British Politics