Extreme Right - Freedom and Security At Risk

This book, offering a historical-sociological account of right-wing extremist movements in American history, seeks to identify threats to freedom and security, assess the responses to such threats, and suggest some means of dealing with the potential dangers.

Table des matières

Introduction -- Right-Wing Extremism: In Search of a Definition -- Canada: Right-Wing Extremism in the Peaceable Kingdom -- Right-Wing Extremism in the United States -- The Extreme Right in the United Kingdom and France -- Contemporary Right-Wing Extremism in Germany -- The Incomplete Revolutions: The Rise of Extremism in East-Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- Russia: The Land Inbetween -- Poland: The Vanguard of Change -- Hungary: From “Goulash Communism” to Pluralistic Democracy -- The Internationalization of the Extreme Right -- Conclusions -- Appendix: List of Research Interviews -- About the Book

A propos de l'auteur

Aurel Braun is professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto. Stephen Scheinberg is professor of history at Concordia University in Montreal. Aurel Braun is professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto. Stephen Scheinberg is professor of history at Concordia University in Montreal.

Résumé

This volume examines the threats to freedom and security posed by right-wing extremism in established democracies and by the blend of left-and right-wing extremism in post-communist states. Providing a theoretical framework, the contributors develop tools for recognizing the dangers of extremism.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Aurel Braun, Braun Aurel, Stephen Scheinberg
• Collaboration: Aurel Braun (Editeur), Editor (Editeur), Editors (Editeur), Stephen Scheinberg (Editeur)
• Edition: Perseus Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.12.1996
• EAN: 9780813331515
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3151-5
• Pages: 304
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements