1st Edition
Reflections on the Extreme Right in Western Europe, 1990–2008
Introductory Essay
1. What Goes Around Comes Around: A Critical Review of Some Major Contemporary Attempts to Account for Extreme-Right Racist Politics in Western Europe
Country case studies
2. France: The Support for the Front National: Analyses and Findings
3. The Federal Republic of Germany: Militant Neo-Nazism in the 1990s
4. The State’s Response to Far-right Extremism: The Case of Die Republikaner and the German National and Regional Authorities
5. The Netherlands: Irritants on the Body Politic
6. Belgium: Flemish Legions on the March
7. Switzerland: Right-wing and Xenophobic Parties, from the Margin to the Mainstream?
8. Great Britain: Selective Legislative and Political Strategies against the Extreme Right, 2000–08
Comparative studies
9. Aggregate-data Analyses of Urban Racist Voting: Methodological Limitations, Lessons and Experiences from France, The Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland
10. Support for Right-wing Extremism in Western Europe: An Examination of the ‘Wave Hypothesis’ on the Basis of Time Series of Polling Results in Five Countries
Biography
Christopher T. Husbands is Emeritus Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Since the 1970s he has published many articles on extreme-right politics in several countries and is the author of a book on the British extreme-right party, the National Front.
"As one of the first sociologists to study the European far right, Chris Husbands’ insights and writings have shaped the thinking of many older scholars of far-right politics, including myself. As the far right is now more successful than ever before in the post-war era, new scholars have much to gain from reading his work, brought together in this essential collection."
Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), University of Georgia, USA, and Professor II, Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo, Norway
"Christopher Husbands’ book connects a wide array of enlightening analyses of the west European radical and extreme right in its consolidation phase with current developments and debates. For students of the contemporary radical and extreme right, the volume offers many in-depth insights into pivotal country cases and is a valuable framework for further research."
Michael Minkenberg, Professor of Comparative Politics, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Federal Republic of Germany
