Politics of the Extreme Right : From the Margins to the Mainstream.
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| Imprint: | London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (338 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic Collections History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12349801 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: the extreme right; Introduction; The extreme right: definitional problems; The extreme right: parties, policies and perspectives; Conclusion; References; 2 The Front National, from ascendancy to fragmentation on the French extreme right; Introduction; From obscurity to success; Voters; Policies; Conclusion: schism; References; 3 Jorg Haider and the new FPO: beyond the democratic pale?; The pan-German tradition in Austria pre-1945; Re-establishing Austria after Hitler.
- Defining the extreme right in post-war AustriaTowards liberalism? The FPO and the integration of the third Lager into post-war Austria; Problems of the Second Republic in the 1980s; The re-emergence of right-wing populism; Haider and the politics of right-wing populism; Conclusions; References; 4 Exit from the ghetto: the Italian far right in the 1990s; The years of endurance, 1946-90; Escape from the ghetto; Conclusion; References; 5 Right-wing extremism in unified Germany; A brief definition of right-wing extremism; West Germany: the three waves of right-wing extremism.
- The Republikaner in unified GermanyElections and membership trends; Policy platform; Internal division; Right-wing extremism in the new Lander; Anti-fascism in the GDR; System transformation; The Land elections of 1998 in Saxony-Anha; The asylum-seeker issue; Influence on the political climate; Conclusion; Abbreviations used in this chapter and organizations mentioned; Notes; References and further reading; 6 Belgium: explaining the relationship between Vlaams Blok and the city of Antwerp; Introduction; General context; The financial and economic crisis.
- Social, political and cultural decompartmentalizationThe crumbing electoral base of the two coalition partners; New policy challenges and the ruling parties; The strategy of the Vlaams Blok; The peak: the municipal elections of 24 October 1994 in Antwerp; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 The Netherlands: explaining the limited success of the extreme right; Introduction; History of extreme right parties in the Netherlands; Organization and ideology of the CD; The electoral basis: protest or xenophobia?; Explaining the limited success of the Dutch extreme right; Notes; References.
- 8 The extreme right and British exceptionalism: the primacy of politicsBritish exceptionalism; The problem of extreme right support; Who voted for and joined the NF in the 1970s?; The failure of the NF and the British political tradition; The BNP: the same old story?; Conclusion; References; 9 Radical right-wing populism in Scandinavia: from tax revolt to neo-liberalism and xenophobia; Introduction; The breakthrough of new parties; Leadership as a condition for consolidation; Electoral support; Ideology and political style; Not so much populism in style; No traditional populist ideology.