Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415369711 ISBN 13: 9780415369718

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

By the turn of the 1990s, Western democracy appeared destined to become the universal governmental norm. However, as we move into the new millennium there are growing signs that extremism is far from dead. In recent years, the extreme right has gathered notable support in many Western countries, such as Austria, France and Italy. Racist violence, initially aimed at 'immigrants', is on the rise, and in the US, and increasingly in Europe, the state itself has become a major target. This book considers the varying trajectories of the 'extreme right' and 'populist' parties and focuses on the problems of responses to these trends, an issue which has hitherto been neglected in academic literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Eatwell is Professor of European Politics at the University of Bath, and specialises in fascism and the contemporary extreme right.

Cas Mudde is Associate Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, USA, and Researcher in the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo, Norway.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415369711
• ISBN 13: 9780415369718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234
• Editor: Eatwell Roger, Mudde Cas