The Revival of Right Wing Extremism in the Nineties

Most studies of the radical right concentrate on movements in a single country, neglecting to some extent the international dimensions of right-wing extremism. Here, Merkl and Weinberg adopt a comparative perspective, concentrating on the revival of the right across a variety of countries.

List of contents

1. Why Are They So Strong Now?: Comparative reflections on the revival of the radical Right in Europe 2.The Extreme Right in Europe: A survey 3. The New Right in France and Germany: Nouvelle droite, neue Rechte and the new Right radical parties 4. The New Extreme Right-wingers in Western Europe: Attitudes, world views and social characteristics 5. The Extreme Right Political Movements in Post-Communist Right Radicalism in Romania 6. The Radical Right in Post-Communist Russian Politics 7. Radical Right Parties and Civic Groups in Belarus and the Ukraine 7. The American Radical Right in Comparative Perspective 8. The Quiet Dog: The extreme Right and the South African transition

About the author

Peter H. Merkl, Leonard Weinberg

Summary

Most studies of the radical right concentrate on movements in a single country, neglecting to some extent the international dimensions of right-wing extremism. Here, Merkl and Weinberg adopt a comparative perspective, concentrating on the revival of the right across a variety of countries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Peter H Merkl (Editor), Merkl Peter H. (Editor), Leonard Weinberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1997
• EAN: 9780714646763
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-4676-3
• No. of pages: 298
• Weight: 544 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Fascism & Nazism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies