Extremism
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Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy
Series: Popular Culture and World Politics
Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy is an interdisciplinary historical re-reading of a series of representative texts that complicate our current understanding of the portrayal of masculinity in the Italian fascist era. Examining paintings, films, music and literature in light of...
Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
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Class Politics and the Radical Right
Series: Extremism and Democracy
One of the most significant events in European politics the past two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties, mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic societies. Such parties have established themselves in a large number of countries, often with voter shares exceeding ten and...
Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
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Ending Terrorism in Italy
Series: Extremism and Democracy
Ending Terrorism in Italy analyses processes of disengagement from terrorism, as well as the connected issues of reconciliation, truth and justice. It examines in a critical and original way how terrorism came to an end in Italy (Part I), and the legacy it has left behind (Part II). The book...
To Be Published May 27th 2013 by Routledge
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Grassroots Nationalism
Activism in the English Defence League
Series: Extremism and Democracy
The book is about the everyday experiences of grassroots extremists - particularly activists in the English Defence League (EDL). Based on a detailed ethnography and in-depth biographic narrative interviews, the book explores how and why activists have become and remained engaged with the...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe
From Local to Transnational
Series: Extremism and Democracy
In recent years the revival of the far right and anti-Semitic, racist and fascist organizations has posed a significant threat throughout Europe. Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe provides a broad geographical overview of the dominant strands within the contemporary radical right in...
Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Political Extremes
A conceptual history from antiquity to the present
Series: Extremism and Democracy
The Western tradition of the constitutional state, with its ancient roots, defines political extremes as the epitome of that what must be absolutely rejected. It highlights tyranny, despotism, despotic rule, non-autonomy, ruthless enforcing of interests as ‘extreme’, contrasting this to a virtuous...
Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Politics of National Identity in Italy
Immigration and 'Italianata'
Series: Extremism and Democracy
This book focuses on the politics of national identity in Italy. Only a unified country for just over 150 years, Italian national identity is perhaps more contingent than longer established nations such as France or the UK. The book investigates when, how and why the...
To Be Published August 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Populist Parties in Power
Italian & Swiss Success Stories
Series: Extremism and Democracy
This book examines recent experiences of populists in government in Italy and Switzerland where three very significant populist parties - Forza Italia/Popolo della Libertà and the Lega Nord in Italy; the Schweizerische Volkspartei in Switzerland - have served in government for most of the current...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Radical Left Parties in Europe
Series: Extremism and Democracy
What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is one of the first to provide an overview of the main developments in contemporary European radical left parties (those defining themselves as to the left of,...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Right-Wing Radicalism Today
Perspectives from Europe and the US
Series: Extremism and Democracy
This book highlights recent developments in the radical right providing comparative analysis of current extremist activity in Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. It reveals the growing amount of connections and continuities of rightwing movements and ideologies across national borders...
Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
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The Right-Wing Revolt
Explaining Support for the Far-Right in British Politics
Series: Extremism and Democracy
The book is about the electoral rise of extreme and radical right-wing parties in Britain and Europe, though mainly the British National Party (BNP) and UK Independence Party (UKIP). Drawing on broader approaches in the study of electoral behaviour, the book explains who supports these parties and...
To Be Published March 29th 2014 by Routledge
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The Populist Radical Right in Poland
The Patriots
Series: Extremism and Democracy
In this important and accessible study, Rafal Pankowski makes sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the political level in Poland by showing its origins, its internal dynamics and the historical, political, social and cultural context that has made it possible. From...
Published September 15th 2011 by Routledge
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Totalitarianism and Political Religions Volume III
Concepts for the Comparison Of Dictatorships - Theory & History of Interpretations
Series: Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions
Available for the first time in English language translation, the third volume of Totalitarianism and Political Religions completes the set. It provides a comprehensive overview of key theories and theorists of totalitarianism and of political religions, from Hannah Arendt and Raymond Aron to Leo...
Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
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Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume II
Concepts for the Comparison Of Dictatorships
Series: Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions
Available for the first time in English language translation, this is the long-awaited second volume of the three part set on Totalitarianism and Political Religions, edited by the eminent Professor Hans Maier. This represents a major study, with contributions from leading scholars of political...
Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge