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Author Camus, Jean-Yves, 1958- author.

Title Far-right politics in Europe / Jean-Yves Camus, Nicolas Lebourg ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "This book was originally published as Les droites extrêmes en Europe © Éditions du Seuil, 2015"--Title page verso.
Summary In Europe today, staunchly nationalist parties such as France's National Front and the Austrian Freedom Party are identified as far-right movements, though supporters seldom embrace that label. More often, "far-right" is pejorative, used by liberals to tar these groups with the taint of fascism, Nazism, and other discredited ideologies. Jean-Yves Camus and Nicolas Lebourg's critical look at the far right throughout Europe--from the United Kingdom to France, Germany, Poland, Italy, and elsewhere--reveals a pre-history and politics more complex than the stereotypes suggest and warns of the challenges these movements pose to the EU's liberal-democratic order. The European far right represents a confluence of many ideologies: nationalism, socialism, anti-Semitism, authoritarianism. In the first half of the twentieth century, the radical far right achieved its apotheosis in the regimes of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. But far-right movements have evolved significantly since 1945, as Far-Right Politics in Europe makes clear. The 1980s marked a turning point in political fortunes, as national-populist parties began winning seats in European parliaments. Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a new wave has unfurled, one that is explicitly anti-immigrant and Islamophobic in outlook. Though Europe's far-right parties differ in important respects, they are motivated by a common sense of mission: to save their homelands from the corrosive effects of multiculturalism and globalization by creating a closed-off, ethnically homogeneous society. Members of these movements are increasingly determined to gain power through legitimate electoral means. In democracies across Europe, they are succeeding.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: How the far right came into being -- What to do after fascism? -- White power -- The new right in all its diversity -- Religious fundamentalism -- The populist parties -- What's new to the east? -- Conclusion: How the far right may cease to be.
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Language Translated from the French.
Subject Right-wing extremists -- Europe.
Right-wing extremists.
Europe.
Political culture -- Europe.
Political culture.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 21st century
2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lebourg, Nicolas, 1974- author.
Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator.
Added Title Droites extrêmes en Europe. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016128875
ISBN 9780674978461 (electronic book)
0674978463 (electronic book)
9780674971530 (hardcover)
0674971531 (hardcover)