1st Edition

The Extreme Right in Europe

By Paul Hainsworth Copyright 2008
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

The Extreme Right in Western Europe is a concise introduction to one of the most persistent facets of late twentieth-century history, politics and society. The legacy of the Nazi era and the increasingly unacceptable face of extremism all militated against the success of far right-wing parties after World War Two. Nevertheless, contemporary problems and the solutions offered to ever more... Read more

Introduction 1. Extreme Rightism 2. Success at the Polls: From Marginalisation to Ascendancy to Outcomes 3. Fluctuations on the Extreme Right 4. Ideology, Discourse and Policies 5. Voters and Voting 6. Impact Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

Biography

Paul Hainsworth is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. He is the editor of The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA (1992) and The Politics of the Extreme Right: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2000).

'The analysis is crystal-clear throughout, while at the same time not 'dumbing down' the many debates in the field...a concise introduction to one of the most vibrant subfields in European Politics.' Party Politcs