The Politics of Racism in France

While most analyses of the French National Front (NF) see it as a threat to democracy, the exact nature of this threat has never been clearly defined. Drawing on interviews with leading far-right figures and access to internal party documents, this book identifies the NF as a modern fascist party. The authors produce an uncompromising assessment of attempts to confront the NF and explain how it emerged as the leading challenger to a discredited mainstream in the 2002 presidential election.

PETER FYSH lectures in French and European studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Nottingham Trent University, after holding posts previously at Brunel and Aston Universities. His published work includes a translation from French and a number of articles and chapters on French and Spanish politics.

JIM WOLFREYS lectures in French politics at King's College London. He has published on the extreme right, the left and political corruption in contemporary France. His current research projects include an edited volume on history and revolution and a study of the French labour movement.